Yosemite in time
Subtitle: ice ages, tree clocks, ghost rivers
By: Mark Klett, Rebecca Solnit, and Byron Wolfe.
Contributors: Solnit, Rebecca.; Wolfe, Byron, 1967-
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Antonio, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781595340160
Subjects: Landscape -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- History.; Landscape -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- Pictorial works.; Natural history -- California -- Yosemite National Park.; Natural history -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- Pictorial works.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- History.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Description and travel.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: Yosemite is a world-famous location that has attracted famous photographers such as Eadward Muybridge, Edward Weston, and Ansel Adams, environmental organizations, rock climbers, and tourists. This book puts the park in a new light, with rephotography of some of the most enduring photos taken at Yosemite and three essays by noted critic Rebecca Solnit. The photographs and essays reconsider the iconic status of Yosemite in America's conception of wilderness, questioning how the park was defined by its first visitors and offering new ideas for an America--and a park--that has changed dramatically since tourists first set foot in Yosemite Valley. Jarring and insightful, this is an intimate reconsideration of a park that millions of people hold dear.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.