The Portfolios of Ansel Adams

From 1948 - 1976 Ansel Adams produced seven portfolios, each a limitededition of 10-15 signed photographic prints. This book reproduces all 90of these superb images, including many of Adams' most famous monumentallandscape photographs and some remarkable, less familiar portraits andarchitecture studies. The book was first published in 1977 and in 1981 itwas decided to take advantage of new printing technology to have the bookre-designed. In this new printing the typography from the introductorytexts of the original portfolios was reproduced. In addition, newlaser-scanned separations were made of all the images to guarantee thebest possible reproductions of the photographs. In his eloquentintroduction, John Szarkowski observes that 'of all Adams' publications,his portfolios most clearly represent his personal view of the meaning ofhis work.