Customer Reviews
Best Inexpensive Collection of Ansel Adams in a Too Small Size - By: Donald Mitchell, 29 Dec 2008 
Anyone who has been the places that Ansel Adams photographed knows that the horizons he so often captured seem to go all the way to heaven. Whilein the early days of photography it was difficult to reproduce large imagesin books, today there is no problem except for publishers assuming that buyers prefer saving money over having the images be of the right size to express their emotional majesty. I will say that the overall reproduction quality is quite good. Not too much is lostin terms of detail from the smaller size of the images, but the emotional impact is clearly lessened. You feel like you are looking at an image rather than imagining yourselfin the scene.
That flaw aside, Ms. Andrea Stillman successfully draws on her close contact (pun intended) with Ansel Adams to select excellent examples of his finest & most interesting work. For those who depend on icons to guide the way, she's included lots of those.
Although the book doesn't have much writingin it, I appreciated the notes beginning on page 413 that explained the context of the photographs, methods used, & personal stories related to their taking & exhibition. I think you will, too.
The book is conveniently organized chronologically with facing pages wisely selected to bring out common & contrasting elementsin his work.
I especially enjoyed seeing works of his that I hadn't seen before. From this entire collection, I also gained many perspectives on his compositional style & how that evolved over time to be more awe-inspiring.
Nice job!
Fabulous - By: CLF, 30 Dec 2007 
A fascinating, inspirational book, beautifully & simply presented. There is a just a little relevant text, but the photographs are generally left to speak for themselves, with just a note of the location & date. The images are large enough for the reader to appreciate both the scene that has been photographed, & the concept of Ansel Adams zone system, making the book appeal to both photographers & non-photographers. The chronological order is also interesting, allowing the reader to follow the development of both the artist & the photographic technology of his time.
Truly Beautiful - By: Mr. D. A. Robertson, 28 Dec 2007 This is a sizable volume of Ansel Adams work, the book is a couple of inches thick. The photographs are truly beautiful - this would make a great gift for anyone who's interestedin photography, California or Yosemite National Park.
