Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Book Reviews of Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs
Book Review: enjoyable book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has so many photos in it that it was just hard to believe. I thoroughly enjoyed the pictures.Book Review: Best Inexpensive Collection of Ansel Adams in a Too Small Size
Summary: 4 Stars
Anyone who has been the places that Ansel Adams photographed knows that the horizons he so often captured seem to go all the way to heaven. While in the early days of photography it was difficult to reproduce large images in books, today there is no problem except for publishers assuming that buyers prefer saving money over having the images be of the right size to express their emotional majesty. I will say that the overall reproduction quality is quite good. Not too much is lost in terms of detail from the smaller size of the images, but the emotional impact is clearly lessened. You feel like you are looking at an image rather than imagining yourself in the scene.
That flaw aside, Ms. Andrea Stillman successfully draws on her close contact (pun intended) with Ansel Adams to select excellent examples of his finest and most interesting work. For those who depend on icons to guide the way, she's included lots of those.
Although the book doesn't have much writing in it, I appreciated the notes beginning on page 413 that explained the context of the photographs, methods used, and personal stories related to their taking and exhibition. I think you will, too.
The book is conveniently organized chronologically with facing pages wisely selected to bring out common and contrasting elements in his work.
I especially enjoyed seeing works of his that I hadn't seen before. From this entire collection, I also gained many perspectives on his compositional style and how that evolved over time to be more awe-inspiring.
Nice job!
Book Review: Almost perfect, were it not because of...
Summary: 4 Stars
the size. This book is about the size of 8x11, so it's not a large coffee table book size. What it lacks in area size, it makes it up in the number of great photos, all 400 of them.
I also own the Yosemite and the Range of Light, one of Ansel Adams most highly acclaimed publication printed back in the 70's. I compared the two books. The 400 uses a whiter paper stock. Many of the photos in the 400 look different from the Range of Light. Some have more contrast, some have less. It is sort of like a slightly different interpretation. I closely compared a couple of the photos, in one case, I found the 400 has more shadow details in the deep shadow area, but the Range of Light counterpart has more emotional impact; the larger size may have to do with the emotional part. In another case,the 400 has less overall contrast, and a lot more shadow information comparing to the Range of Light, and I like the 400 interpretation better.
This book is a must have for Ansel Adams follower.
Book Review: Amazing B&W photos
Summary: 4 Stars
Amazing Book with amazing photos, a must for all photographers.
This book made me think a lot about photography, due to the high quality black and white photography inside, such a great photographer Ansel Adams, with loads of feeling that seems so rare these days...
Book Review: Great illustration
Summary: 4 Stars
This book should have everyone who is interested in photography, especially those who like b&w photography. If you looking a present to buy , with this book you can't miss.