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The Negative

The Ansel Adams Photography Series / Book 2

The Negative

Ansel Adams

with the collaboration of Robert Baker

UTILE, BROWN AND COMPANY

NEW YORK

BOSTON

In 1976, Ansel Adams se lected Little, Brown and Company as the sole authori zed

pub lish er of his books, calendars, and pos ters. At the same time , he es tablished

The Anse l Adams Publishing Rights Trust in order to ensure the continuity and

quality of his legacy -

both artistic and environmental.

As Anse l Adams himse lf wrot,e, "Perhaps the mos t important characteristic of my

work is what may be called print quality. It is very important that the reproduc-

ti ons be as good as you can poss ibl y get them." The authori ze d books, calendars,

and posters published by Little, Brown h ave been ri gorously supervised by the

Trust to make certain that Adams ' exacting standard s of quality are maintained.

Only such works published by Little, Brow n and Company can be con id ered

authentic represe ntati ons of the ge nius of Ansel Adams.

Frontisp iece: Clouds , East Side of the Sierra Nevada , ca. 1962

All rights rese rved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by an y

el ectronic or mech ani cal me ans, including informati on storage and retrieval sys tems,

without permiss ion in writing fr om the publisher, except by a revi ewer who may

quote brief passages in a rev iew.

Little, Brow n and Company

Time Warner Book Group

1271 Avenue of the Ameri cas, New York, NY 10020

Vi sit our Web site at www.bulfinchpress .com

This is the second volum e of The Ansel Adams Photograph y Series.

Twelfth paperback printing, 2005

Library of Congress Catalog ing- in-Publication Data

Adams, Ansel, 1902- 1984

The nega tive.

Includes index .

I. Zone System (Photography).

2. Photography-Negatives.

I. Baker, Robert. 11. Title.

TR59l.A3 770' .28 '3 8 1-1 6808

ISBN 0-8212- 1131 -5 (HC ) AACR2 / ISBN 0-8212-2186-8 (PB)

Des ign ed by David Ford

Technical illustrations by Omnigrap hi cs

Printed and bound by Quebecor/Kingspo rt

PRINTED I N THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA