Ansel Adams: Letters 1916-1984 - Softcover

Alinder, Mary Street

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821226827 ISBN 13: 9780821226827

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2001

Synopsis

In his early years in Yosemite, Adams formed the habit of writing letters at every opportunity. His correspondence, therefore, provides virtually the full record of his life. Throughout the years, wherever he went, from Southwest to Maine to Alaska, he wrote literally thousands of letters and postcards. Among the family, friends, fellow photographers, environmentalists, and politicians with whom he corresponded rank such eminent names as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Jimmy Carter, Garry Trudeau and Edward Weston. The book reveals the growth of the artist and the man, as well as the development of the art of photography.

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Review:

Adams was splendid, rumbustious writer, overflowing with jokes, puns, expletives, and exuberance ... Never were letters less deliberately composed... reading them, one frequently feels what a marvelous thing it would have been to have him for a friend (New York REVIEW of Books)

This charming book is the most intimate portrait of the man to date (CHICAGO Tribune)

Book Description:

Celebrated photographer Ansel Adams' acclaimed book of letters is back in print and available in a small-format paperback for the first time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0821226827
• ISBN 13: 9780821226827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 441