num_pages: 360
description: Discover this "evocative celebration of the life, career, friendships, concerns, and vision" of Ansel Adams, America's greatest photographer ( New York Times )"No lover of Ansel Adams' photographs can afford to miss this book." - Wallace StegnerIn this bestselling autobiography, completed shortly before his death in 1984, Ansel Adams looks back at his legendary six-decade career as a conservationist, teacher, musician, and, above all, photographer.Illustrated with eight pages of Adams' gorgeous black-and-white photographs, this book brings readers behind the images into the stories and circumstances of their creation. Written with characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit, this fascinating account brings to life the infectious enthusiasms, fervent battles, and bountiful friendships of a truly American original."A warm, discursive, and salty document." - New Yorker
language: English
title: Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
titlecomplete: Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
genres: History, Autobiography, Memoir, Reference, Nature, Nonfiction, Photography, Art and Photography, Biography, Art
ratings_count: 732
publisher: Ansel Adams