Description
Book SynopsisIn 1941 Ansel Adams was hired by the United States Department of the Interior to photograph America''s national parks for a series of murals that would celebrate the country''s natural heritage. Because of the escalation of World War II, the project was suspended after less than a year, but not before Adams had produced this group of breath-taking images, which illustrate both his early innovations and the shape of his later, legendary career as America''s foremost landscape photographer. The invitation to photograph the nation''s parklands was the perfect assignment for Adams, as it allowed him to express his deepest convictions as artist, conservationist, and citizen. These stunning photographs of the natural geysers and terraces in Yellowstone, the rocks and ravines in the Grand Canyon, the winding rivers and majestic mountains in Glacier and Grand Teton national parks, the mysterious Carlsbad Caverns, the architecture of ancient Indian villages, and many other evocative views of
Table of Contents
Introduction by Alice Gray 6 Kings River Canyon, California 22 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona 64 Native Americans and Their Lands 112 Zion National Park, Utah 162 Saguaro National Monument, Arizona Death Valley National Monument, California Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico 180 Boulder Dam, Colorado 208 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado 222 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming 256 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 276 Glacier National Park, Montana 318 Bibliography 350 Index 351
