My Camera in Yosemite Valley.
"Do not be content to stop at the popular viewpoints: walk in the cool forests and by the river and streams, and watch the great waterfalls reveal themselves in endless varied character": First Edition of Ansel Adams' My Camera in Yosemite Valley; Signed by him
My Camera in Yosemite Valley.
ADAMS, Ansel.
Item Number: 137891
Yosemite National Park and Boston: Virginia Adams and Houghton Mifflin, 1949.
First edition of Ansel Adams’ classic work on one of his favorite subjects. Folio, original pictorial wrappers spiral bound with 24 photographs duotone photographs on glossy Kromecote paper and an essay by Adams. Boldly signed by Ansel Adams. Presented in the original box. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
“Adams photographed landscapes with razor-sharp precision and an incomparable eye for the structure and detail of his chosen subject matter… He elevated the act of photography to a religious experience” (Icons of Photography, 96). The text is by Adams, including information on photographic techniques. “The great rocks of Yosemite,” he writes, “are the most compelling formations of their kind.”
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