Ansel Adams‘ Yosemite

The Special Edition Prints features a sequence of photographs that Ansel Adams
selected before his death but are being published in this sequence in book
form for the first time.

The photographs of Ansel Adams are among America’s finest artistic treasures,
and form the basis of his tremendous legacy of environmental activism.

In the late 1950s, Adams selected eight photographs of Yosemite National Park
to offer exclusively to park visitors as affordable souvenirs. He hoped that
these images might inspire tourists to become activists by transmitting to
them the same awe and respect for nature that Yosemite had instilled in him.
Over the following decades, Adams added to this collection to create a
stunning view of Yosemite in all its majesty.

These photographs, the Yosemite Special Edition Prints, form the core of this
essential volume. Adams‘ luminous images of Yosemite’s unique rock formations,
waterfalls, meadows, trees, and nature details are among the most distinctive
of his career. Today, with America’s public lands increasingly under threat,
his creative vision remains as relevant and convincing as ever.

Introduced by bestselling photographer Pete Souza, with an essay by Adams‘
darkroom assistant Alan Ross, Ansel Adams‘ Yosemite is a powerful continuation
of Adams‘ artistic and environmental legacies, and a compelling statement
during a precarious time for the American earth.