PHOTOGRAPHS: COLLECTIONS. An unprecedented collection of the four hundred key photographs taken by Ansel Adams, America's best-known and best-loved photographer. Presents the full spectrum of Adams' greatest work in a single volume for the first time, offering an entirely new perspective on his monumental career. Beautifully produced and presented in an attractive 'brick book' format, ANSEL ADAMS: 400 PHOTOGRAPHS will appeal to a general gift-book audience as well as the legions of dedicated fans of Adams' photography and the American West. The photographs are arranged chronologically into five major periods in order to convey Adams' development as an artist - from his first photographs in 1916 to his last important photographs in the 1960s. An introduction and highly informative notes on selected images provide information about Adams' life and illustrate the evolution of his artistic vision.