Ansel Adams - 400 photographs

Biographie d'Andrea Stillman

Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984) was the most honored American photographer of the twentieth century. Through the exhibition and publication of his work, his writings, and his leadership in the Sierra Club, Adams was also a prescient and highly effective voice in the fight to preserve America's remaining wilderness. Adams was arguably the most influential photographic teacher of the twentieth century as well, in large part thanks to his bestselling how-to books.
In 1980 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter. The citation reads : At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve the country's wild and scenic areas, both on film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution.
It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans. Andrea G. Stillman, formerly on the staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, worked for Ansel Adams in the 19705. She has edited seven books of his photographs and writings for The Ansel Adams Trust, including The American Wilderness, Our National Parks, and Ansel Adams in Color.