first edition
Boston, (1983)
by Adams, Ansel
Boston, (1983): Little, Brown and Co/ New York Graphic Society. First Edition. Small Quarto. Third printing. Inscribed on the half-title by Adams dated 1983. 272pp. The New Ansel Adams Photography Series Books 2 with the collaboration of Robert Barker. Book 2 enlarges on visualization (considered by Adams to be the crucial element linking the creative process with the craft and technique of photography) to include the factors that govern the tonal values of the image, as recorded on the negative. The text is amply illustrated with superb photographs from Adams' long career, including numerous examples he made specifically for this book. A fine copy bound in black cloth, spine lettering silver, in fine clipped pictorial dust jacket.
(Inventory #: 021386)