Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
by Ansel Adams, Mary Street Alinder
from Bulfinch

Editorial Review:

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.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Very Interesting Reading...!
  I have learned so much from this book about Ansel as well as many other notable photographers as well.
  Very well written - easy to read - hard to put away...

• A superb chronicle of a truly artistic life
  This is one of the only books I have ever read where I limited myself to three pages of text a night; it was so good, I wanted to savor it as long as possible.
  The photos speak for themselves; far beyond what words can express, some of these images capture the deepest truths about the American landscape.
  Ansel is a good writer and a great thinker. His love for nature and music is profound, and reading of his many successful battles for the preservation of some of the world's finest places makes... more info

• Lots of Insight - What about his family?
  As an aspiring photography this is a great read. I was unaware of all of the environmental works Adams performed and the struggles he endured to make photography a recognized art form. I found that the last page of most chapters provided some of the most insight from Adams, and perhaps the editor formed the back that way. Hearing his philosophies on life and the various people he admired and appreciated (Albert Bender) was enjoyable to read. What seemed to be a glaring omission, or maybe not, was discussion... more info

• Great bio, but one thing people should know.
  Ansel Adams work is a treasure. I am a descendent of the original Indians of Yosemite and there is a problem. The defintion "Some of them are killers" for Yosemite was fabricated in 1978 and is not the original meaning of Yosemite. The real meaning was "The Killers" or "The Grizzlies" because the Miwoks were afraid of the Ahwahnees. It was Chief Bautista and Russio, who were helping the Mariposa Battalion, who coined that term "Yosemite" for the Indians in Yosemite Valley which they were afraid to enter. It... more info