Photographs of the Southwest, by Ansel Adams

 

This book contains a collection of 109 photographs by Ansel Adams from the 1920s through the 1960s. They include landscapes, portraits, statuary, Native American ruins, architecture, sand dunes, flora, storms, and lots of rock formations. It includes several of his famous photos, "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico," and "Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958." It's amazing how sand dunes look like snowy mountainsides when rendered in black and white. This collection is introduced with "The Southwest: An Essay on the Land," by Lawrence Clark Powell. Interestingly, Powell was a librarian who, according to Wikipedia, started his career at the Central Library in Los Angeles, then worked in the acquisitions department at UCLA, eventually becoming University Librarian. Later he became the first dean of the UCLA School of Library service. His career continued after retirement at the University of Arizona, which holds his papers.