"There are always two people involved in a picture: the photographer and the viewer." (Ansel ADAMS)

About the US-American photographer Ansel ADAMS (1902-1984)

Ansel Easton ADAMS was a photographer, author and teacher of artistic photography. He became known primarily for his impressive landscape and nature photographs from the national parks in the western United States, for whose preservation he actively campaigned throughout his life. As a co-founder of the f/64 group, he was one of the pioneers of 'straight photography' and is considered one of the most important American photographers. He wrote numerous textbooks on the theory and practice of photographic technique. The zone system he formulated at the same time as Fred Archer became groundbreaking for artistic black-and-white photography.

Photo books by and on the work of Ansel ADAMS (a selection)

  • 'Taos Pueblo' (1930, 1977); 'Yosemite. Tales and Trails (1934); 'Camera and Lens' (1948, 1978); 'The Negative' (1948, 2004); 'The Print' (1950, 1995); 'The Yosemite Valley' (1959); In Color' (1993, 2001, by Harry CALLAHAN); 'Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs' (1997); 'Ansel Adams at 100' (2001, by John Szarkowski); '400 Photographs' (2007, by Andrea Stillman); 'Looking at Ansel Adams' (2012, by Andrea Stillman)

'Das Positiv' shows the concept of visualization, in which photographers imagine the final image in all its tonal gradation even before taking the picture. Ansel ADAMS points out all the possibilities that make the work on the positive a creative process.
24,00 € * Weight 1 kg
'Looking at Ansel Adams' is an immersive study that explores his life as an artist by illuminating the stories behind twenty of his most significant images. Lesser-known but equally important photographs provide unexpected insights into his personal life.
42,00 € * Weight 1.5 kg
In German language 'Hinter der Kamera', Juliet Hacking portrays 38 of the most important personalities in the history of photography. By working out contexts, the portraits add to an overview of great innovations, trends and developments in photography.
24,80 € * Weight 1.3 kg
The anthology 'The Polaroid Project. The Conquest through Art' shows 300 works by internationally renowned artists from the unique Polaroid Collection. Text contributions complement the richly illustrated compendium.
24,90 € *
With photo works by: Ansel ADAMS, ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, BISCHOF, BOURKE-WHITE, BRANDT, BRUNNER, Robert CAPA, CARTIER-BRESSON, FRANK, GRÖBLI, HAAS, HORVAT, KALISCHER, Dorothea LANGE, SANDER, Gotthard SCHUH, William Eugene SMITH TUGGENER, VISHNIAC among others.
0,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
'Photographers A-Z' brings together photographers who have made a significant contribution to photographic culture, as well as the most important photographic volumes of the past century. The entries are illustrated with facsimiles from books & magazines.
from 16,00 €