Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs

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Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs ANSEL ADAMS
"How did you make this photograph?" This is the question that Ansel Adams was asked repeatedly during his hfetime. In Examples: The Making of 40 Photogiapbs, Adams shares the circumstances surrounding the making of many of his most celebrated photographs. Each of the 40 photographs, superbly reproduced in duotone, is accompanied by an entertaining and informative narrative that combines reminiscences of people and places with precise recall of technical details and aesthetic considerations.
General readers will be fascinated by the personal side of the text, which includes a great deal of history and anecdote, including cameo appearances by Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Weston, and many others. Reading these essays can be compared only to what it might have been like to stand by Ansel Adams' side during some of the most profoimd and important creative moments of his life in photography — a master class with this... Tovább

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Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs ANSEL ADAMS
"How did you make this photograph?" This is the question that Ansel Adams was asked repeatedly during his hfetime. In Examples: The Making of 40 Photogiapbs, Adams shares the circumstances surrounding the making of many of his most celebrated photographs. Each of the 40 photographs, superbly reproduced in duotone, is accompanied by an entertaining and informative narrative that combines reminiscences of people and places with precise recall of technical details and aesthetic considerations.
General readers will be fascinated by the personal side of the text, which includes a great deal of history and anecdote, including cameo appearances by Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Weston, and many others. Reading these essays can be compared only to what it might have been like to stand by Ansel Adams' side during some of the most profoimd and important creative moments of his life in photography — a master class with this legendary photographer.
The specific technical information on camera and lens, filters, exposi^re times, developing, and printing provided in each example illustrates his approach and methods and will assist amateur and professional photographers ahke in teaming the craft. Through this case study approach, Adams' philosophy of craft and creativity unfolds; his credos of visualization, image management, and the Zone System are demonstrated; and the colorful story of a lifetime devoted to photography is revealed.
Ansel Adams is one of the great artists of the twentieth century. In a career spanning more than sixty years, he made thousands of photographs, many of which are icons in the history of photography. He has been honored with exhibitions at virtually every major museum in the world, including the Metropohtan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modem Art, New York, whose Department of Photography he helped found. Adams published dozens of books, both of his photographs and on photographic technique.
"Adams explains the why and how of some of his most famous photographs. Reading the book is like taking a short, intensive course with Ansel himself."
— New York Times
". . . this is the one we've all been waiting for. This is the stuff that can be very helpful to real people in their real bathroom darkrooms. . . . Whether you're a professional photographer, an advanced amateui or simply an apprecia-tor of fine ait. Examples is a must"
— San fose Mercury News
"This volume zooms in on the man himself, the ardent conservationist photographer, who here explains his craft, shares his knowledge, entertains with anecdotal experiences and enlightens one with his philosophy."
— San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle
"Seldom is photography written about in Churchillian accents, simple and resonant, but that's what Adams does in this delightful auto-exposuie of the best of his hfe work.
"The author recalls technical, logistical and aesthetic adventures that led to his own favorite pictures, many of which, of course, are now classics of the art."
— Publishers Weekly
"As he talks about his work, you'll find Ansel the most informative and entertaining of guides whose insights shed light on the ultimately mysterious process by which creativity and craftsmanship fuse to produce a work of art" — Popular Photography
Front cover design by Howard Gralla
Front cover: Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Printed in the United States of America
4s duotone illustrations 0589270a
Little, Brown and Company
Bulfinch Press
Boston • Toronto • London
ISBN D-aaiE-lTSD-X
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