Adams, Ansel 1902-1984

Overview

Works:	2,038 works in 4,019 publications in 7 languages and 82,687 library holdings
Genres:	Pictorial works Biographies Illustrated works Exhibition catalogs Handbooks and manuals Autobiographies Personal correspondence Photobooks Catalogs Biographical television programs
Roles:	Author, Photographer, Illustrator, Contributor, Other, Author of introduction, Artist, Commentator, Honoree, Creator, Correspondent, Annotator, Interviewee, Actor
Classifications:	TR140.A3, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams, an autobiography by Ansel Adams( Book )
The portfolios of Ansel Adams by Ansel Adams( Book )
Examples : the making of 40 photographs by Ansel Adams( Book )
Yosemite and the range of light by Ansel Adams( Book )
Ansel Adams : a biography by Mary Street Alinder( Book )

Ansel Adams : letters and images, 1916-1984 by Ansel Adams( Book )
Ansel Adams : a documentary film( Visual )
The American wilderness by Ansel Adams( Book )
Ansel Adams and the American landscape : a biography by Jonathan Spaulding( Book )
In a rugged land : Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and the Three Mormon towns collaboration, 1953-1954 by James R Swensen( )
Ansel Adams : 400 photographs by Ansel Adams( Book )
Eye on the wild : a story about Ansel Adams by Julie Dunlap( )
Ansel Adams : images 1923-1974 by Ansel Adams( Book )
Ansel Adams in the national parks : photographs from America's wild places by Ansel Adams( Book )
Ansel Adams : America's photographer ; a biography for young people by Beverly Gherman( Book )
Ansel Adams : the eloquent light by Nancy Newhall( Book )
Perpetual mirage : photographic narratives of the desert West by May Castleberry( Book )
Ansel Adams by Peter Adam( Visual )
Ansel Adams by Ansel Adams( Book )
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams : natural affinities by Georgia O'Keeffe( Book )

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Most widely held works by Ansel Adams

The camera by Ansel Adams( Book )

42 editions published between 1980 and 2020 in 5 languages and held by 2,056 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Serves as an introduction to "The New Ansel Adams Photography Series." Discusses photographic material and emphasizes concepts such as visualization

Manzanar = Ringoen by John Armor( Book )

23 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 1,886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chronicles the internments of Japanese Americans in the United States during the mid-1940s

The negative by Ansel Adams( Book )

51 editions published between 1948 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This handbook ... has taught ... how to use film and the film development process creatively ... Anchored by a detailed discussion of Adams' Zone System and his seminal concept of visualization ... Beautifully illustrated with photographs by Adams as well as instructive line drawings"--Back cover

The print by Ansel Adams( Book )

50 editions published between 1950 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 1,685 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Samples of the author's works serve to illustrate his procedures for processing, enlarging, toning, and mounting black-and-white photographs

An Ansel Adams guide : basic techniques of photography by John Paul Schaefer( Book )

14 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in English and held by 1,374 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Book 1 presents the principles of photography to a broad range of photographers, drawing on the philosophy of Ansel Adams. Book 2 expands on the fundamental principles presented in Book 1, with chapters on exposure and development, including Ansel Adams' Zone System

Ansel Adams in color by Ansel Adams( Book )

23 editions published between 1993 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 1,225 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This landmark book presents fifty majestic images by America's greatest landscape photographer - the first time that an important body of Ansel Adams' color work has ever been published. Ansel Adams began to photograph in color soon after Kodachrome was invented in the mid-1930s, and shot more than 3,000 color images during the course of his lifetime. Very few of these photographs, however, were published or exhibited. As Adams remarked late in his life after observing

Ansel Adams : classic images by James Alinder( Book )

8 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 1,167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reproduces seventy-five black-and-white photographs selected by Ansel Adams during the last years of his life as the finest examples of his work, and includes a biographical essay

This is the American earth by Ansel Adams( Book )

9 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 1,113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Photographs by Ansel Adams and 31 others, with text by Nancy Newhall and foreword by David Brower, executive director of Sierra Club

Photographs of the Southwest : selected photographs made from 1928 to 1968 in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, with a statement by the photographer by Ansel Adams( Book )

29 editions published between 1976 and 1994 in English and held by 1,032 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

More than 100 photographs of the Southwest by the renowned artist, including views of the national parks such as the Grand Canyon, Zion, Death Valley, and Joshua Tree, among others; as well as images of Navajo Mountain, Hopi Buttes, Taos Pueblo, saguaro cactus, gravestones, and other varied subjects

Not man apart : lines from Robinson Jeffers ; photographs of the Big Sur coast by Ansel Adams [and others] by David Brower( Book )

26 editions published between 1965 and 1986 in English and French and held by 1,011 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ansel Adams at 100 by John Szarkowski( Book )

19 editions published in 2001 in 3 languages and held by 955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Commemorates the art of the late landscape photographer and accompanies an international exhibit by showcasing 114 photographic images complemented by a critical essay on Adams' contributions to modern art

Polaroid Land photography by Ansel Adams( Book )

15 editions published between 1978 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 887 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First published in 1963 under title: Polaroid Land photography manual

Basic photo by Ansel Adams( Book )

19 editions published between 1948 and 1970 in English and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A 5 volume set, each volume revised independently of the others: v.1. Camera and lens.--v.2. The negative.--v.3 The print.--v.4. Natural-light photography.--v.5. Artificial-light photography

Jacob A. Riis : photographer & citizen by Jacob A Riis( Book )

5 editions published in 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 818 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Photographs from the Riis family's private collection (later given to the Museum of the City of New York) on the immigrant slums of New York City. Captions come from Riis' own writings. Alland can be credited somewhat for reviving historical interest in Riis' photographs

Our national parks by Ansel Adams( Book )

7 editions published between 1992 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 805 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nation parks and reserves-United States- Pictorial Works- Description and travel-views-Landscapes

Ansel Adams : divine performance by Anne Hammond( Book )

5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 794 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ansel Adams's magnificent photographs of the American wilderness are recognized and admired the world over. Despite his significance, little scholarly attention has been paid to Adams's contributions as an artist or his place in photographic history. This book addresses this by taking the first look beyond his reputation as a Sierra Club environmentalist and examines in depth his life as an artist and the complexities of his creative vision

Ansel Adams : the National Park Service photographs by Ansel Adams( Book )

24 editions published between 1984 and 2017 in English and held by 784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The invitation to photograph the nation's parklands was the perfect assignment for Adams, as it allowed him to express his deepest convictions as artist, conservationist, and citizen

The negative : exposure and development by Ansel Adams( Book )

31 editions published between 1948 and 1978 in 3 languages and held by 746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Natural-light photography by Ansel Adams( Book )

31 editions published between 1950 and 1977 in 3 languages and held by 730 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The American West; a natural history by Ann Sutton( Book )

8 editions published between 1969 and 1979 in English and held by 722 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Many striking colored and black-and-white photographs illustrate a lucid and attractively written text which deals by geographic areas with the geology, ecology, flora, and fauna of the western United States, Alaska, and Canada and the changes destructive and constructive wrought by man there

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