| Ansel Adams: An Autobiography Contributor(s): Alinder, Mary Street (Author), Adams, Ansel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0821222414 ISBN-13: 9780821222416 Publisher: Ansel Adams OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: This popularly priced edition of Adams' acclaimed 1985 autobiography preserves all the text but reproduces fewer photographs than the original. With characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit, America's most beloved photographer-environmentalist recalls his extraordinary six-decade career. "A warm, discursive, and salty document".--The New Yorker. of photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 80003 Reading Level: 9.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 27.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Discover this evocative celebration of the life, career, friendships, concerns, and vision of Ansel Adams, America's greatest photographer (New York Times) No lover of Ansel Adams' photographs can afford to miss this book. - Wallace Stegner In this bestselling autobiography, completed shortly before his death in 1984, Ansel Adams looks back at his legendary six-decade career as a conservationist, teacher, musician, and, above all, photographer.Illustrated with eight pages of Adams' gorgeous black-and-white photographs, this book brings readers behind the images into the stories and circumstances of their creation. Written with characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit, this fascinating account brings to life the infectious enthusiasms, fervent battles, and bountiful friendships of a truly American original. A warm, discursive, and salty document. - New Yorker |