Landscapes for the People: George Alexander Grant, First Chief Photographer of the National Park Service (A Friends Fund Publication)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (621 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820348414 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Grant, chief National Park Service photographer, traveled throughout this land, producing superb images of America’s most iconic scenery and historic sites, including those of the ancient past. We can now add George Alexander Grant, thanks to Ren and Helen Davis, who have reclaimed Grant's invaluable yet forgotten work as the first official photographer for the National Parks Service. Although little known to the public, Grant belongs in the pantheon of this country’s great landscape photographers, such as William Henry Jackson and Ansel Adams. Though his work may be more utilitarian than that of Adams, Grant was a skilled craftsman, composing his images with care and setting his exposures to achieve the crystalline focus and bottomless depth of field tha
Just as they did the work of his contemporaries Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Eliot Porter, and others, millions of people viewed Grant's photographs; unlike those contemporaries, few even knew Grant's name. Nearly fifty years after his death, and in concert with the 2016 centennial of the National Park Service, it is fitting that George Grant's photography be introduced to a new generation of Americans.. Winner of the American Library Association's 2015 INDIEFAB Gold Medal for best photography book published by an independent or academic pressGeorge Alexander Grant is an unknown elder in the field of American landscape photography. Landscapes for the People shares his story through his remarkable images and a compelling biography profi
Great photos and story of Mr Amazon Customer Great photos and story of Mr. Grant. Did not know, until this book, that Mr. Grant took some of the pictures I've seen in park books.. Five Stars Jennifer C. Chamberlain Recommend this book to everyone who loves picture books/coffeebooks/state parks/ansel adams. You will love this book. It's beautiful.. Joyce Longacre said Beautiful. Very informative - antecedent to Ansel Adams photographically. Beautiful book