Ansel Adams and the American Landscape. A Biography.

[Ansel Adams] Spaulding, Jonathan.

Published by University of California Press, 1995

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A Fine tight copy in a Fine dust jacket. Refuting the myth of a solitary and carefree wilderness explorer, Spaulding portrays Adams as a man grappling with the question of how art and nature intersect in the modern world. He addresses the contradictions the photographer faced as both artist and activist: his struggle to balance art and commercialism; his desire to create art, yet enjoy bourgeois comforts; his simultaneous support for economic development, tourism, and wilderness preservation. Spaulding places Adams's work in the context of modernism and the other major developments in twentieth-century art and ideas. He examines his debt to the pioneering art photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen, and his response to later artists. He traces Adams's growth as an environmental activist and discusses his use of photography to further the cause of conservation. Seller Inventory # 28137

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ansel Adams and the American Landscape. A ...

Publisher: University of California Press

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition