George Fiske, Vernal Fall, 350 Feet, circa 1885, Yosemite National Park, California
From the book "American Photographers and The National Parks" by Robert Cahn & Robert Glenn Ketchum. NY: Viking Press, (1981). First edition
"This book was the natural outgrowth of a photographic exhibition sponsored by the National Park Foundation that chronicled the interrelationship of landscape photography and the national park ethic in the United States. It has taken four years to research and assemble the exhibition and prepare the book for publication . . ." [Quoting from the Acknowledgments]
The book contains 111 full-page photographic plates and over 200 smaller images in a catalog at the back. The book features works by 33 photographers including Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Imogen Cunningham, Lee Friedlander, John K. Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Eliot Porter, Edward Weston . . . just to name a few.
George Fiske, Vernal Fall, 350 Feet, circa 1885, Yosemite National Park, California
From the book "American Photographers and The National Parks" by Robert Cahn & Robert Glenn Ketchum. NY: Viking Press, (1981). First edition
"This book was the natural outgrowth of a photographic exhibition sponsored by the National Park Foundation that chronicled the interrelationship of landscape photography and the national park ethic in the United States. It has taken four years to research and assemble the exhibition and prepare the book for publication . . ." [Quoting from the Acknowledgments]
The book contains 111 full-page photographic plates and over 200 smaller images in a catalog at the back. The book features works by 33 photographers including Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Imogen Cunningham, Lee Friedlander, John K. Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Eliot Porter, Edward Weston . . . just to name a few.