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Davis, Ren, 1951- author.
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Grant, George Alexander, 1891-1964.
United States. National Park Service -- History.
Photographers -- United States -- Biography.
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Landscapes for the p...
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Landscapes for the people : George Alexander Grant, first chief photographer of the National Park Service / Ren and Helen Davis.
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Davis, Ren, 1951- author.
Athens : The University of Georgia Press, c2015.
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Grant, George Alexander, 1891-1964.
United States. National Park Service -- History.
Photographers -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780820348414 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
0820348414 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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xxiv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Contents:
George Grant's photographs. Introduction ; Landscapes ; People and the parks -- Portraits, special assignments, and technical images -- Appendix 1. Principles of photography, by George Grant -- Appendix 2. Producing images with a view camera -- Appendix 3. George Grant's National Park Service Photography locations.
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"George Alexander Grant is an unknown elder in the field of American landscape photography. 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. [This book] shares his story through his ... images and a ... biography profiling patience, perseverance, dedication, and an unsurpassed love of the natural and historic places that Americans chose to preserve"--Dust jacket flap.
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