Ansel Adams: Images of the American West

by Richard Wrigley

The ground-breaking photographic techniques of the sometime head of the Sierra Club and his farsighted advocacy of the importance of his medium are discussed in this high-quality edition of photographs of the West.

Genres: Photography, Art

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1995

About the author

Richard Wrigley is professor of art history at the University of Nottingham.

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 1995 edition by Smithmark Publishers received one-star ratings from two Amazon customers. Their main complaints were poor book design and poor reproduction of photographs.

I read an earlier (1992) edition by the same publisher. I especially liked Navajo Woman and Child and Navaho Woman and Infant, both taken in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. As far as composition, I found the photograph "Church, Taos Pueblo" deeply appealing. This is a slim volume with only 31 photographs. Certainly not among the best of Ansel Adams photography books.

[Greta · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good, but basic, selection of Adams' photos taken elsewhere than Yosemite. An interesting biographical intro, although it didn't necessarily shed any new light on the life of this icon.