San Antonio College Library

Tells the life story of the photographer famous for her work in "Life" magazine. The biographical essay that accompanies the photographs also includes quotes from Bourke-White's writings. Many of the photographs are from the Margaret Bourke-White Archives in the George Arents Research Library for Special Collections, Syracuse University.

This critical analysis of the life of Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984) emphasizes how his photographs were treated as icons of the environmental movement. The text portrays a man tackling the question of how art and nature intersect in the modern world.

A photojournalist bored with daily newspaper work, Dianne Hagaman set out to do a project that would be freer and more complete. She began by photographing alcoholics on the Seattle streets, then moved to the missions where they seek food and shelter and to the churches whose members volunteer to work in the missions. Hagaman's understanding of her subjects grew more complicated as she started to reconsider the nature of religion in America more generally...

Examines the achievements and legacy of photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Includes an interview with Georgia O'Keeffe as well as film footage of other artists he inspired including Edward Steichen and John Marin.

In his own best-selling 1985 autobiography, Adams presented a life almost as neatly cropped and printed as his pictures, omitting nearly all of his personal relationships and many major emotional details. Here, Mary Street Alinder - who worked with Adams on that memoir and was his assistant in his later years - draws a much more revealing portrait. Her biography covers in depth his difficult childhood in San Francisco and the profound impact of the...

This illustrated autobiography focuses on Adams' dedication, adventures, achievements, friendships, wisdom, and concern for human beings and nature.

A profile of W. Eugene Smith as told through his photographs, interviews and dramatized sequences.

Overview: Looking At Ansel Adams is a personal and penetrating study that explores Ansel's life as an artist by looking closely at the stories behind 20 of his most significant images. Immediately recognizable photographs like Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, and Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake are turned on their axes and seen from a new angle, along with ancillary photographs, alternative versions, and letters and postcards that relate to these beloved...