This fine gift book is an exploration of Yosemite’s meaning and prospect for humankind through the insightful essays of Tim Palmer and the renowned photographic talents of William Neill. This collection of over seventy images includes monumental portraits of Yosemite’s sweeping landscape as well as thoughtful renderings of natural objects—a combination of appreciation for the park’s uniqueness as well as a convincing plea for its continued preservation.
Yosemite: The Promise of Wildness
Monumental portraits of Yosemite's sweeping landscape
Reviews
“A collection of remarkable pictures and text celebrating the awesome beauty of one of America's greatest national parks.”
—Audubon
About the Author and Photographer
William Neill has produced stunning images of the American Landscape for over thirty years. His images are available as Limited Edition fine art photographs at a number of fine art galleries. William licenses his images for stock photography usage, including for advertising, corporate, editorial and other uses. In 1995, the Sierra Club awarded Neill the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography.
His work was chosen to illustrate two special edition books published by The Nature Company, Rachel Carson's The Sense of Wonder and John Fowles's The Tree. His photographs were also published in a three book series on the art and science of natural process in collaboration with the Exploratorium Museum of San Francisco: By Nature's Design (Exploratorium / Chronicle Books, 1993), The Color of Nature (Exploratorium / Chronicle Books, 1996) and Traces of Time (Chronicle Books / Exploratorium, Fall 2000). A portfolio of his Yosemite photographs has been published entitled Yosemite: The Promise of Wildness (Yosemite Association, 1994) which received The Director's Award from the National Park Service. A retrospective monograph of his landscape photography entitled Landscapes Of The Spirit (Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown, 1997) relates his beliefs in the healing power of nature.
Photo by William Neill
Tim Palmer has written seventeen books about the American landscape, conservation, adventure travel, and rivers. California Wild, a text and photographic book, won the Benjamin Franklin Award for the best book on nature and the environment in 2004. Palmer wrote the text for the Yosemite Association’s Yosemite: The Promise of Wildness, which
received the Director’s Award from the National Park Service as the best book of the year in 1997. His books include, Rivers of America, which features 200 color photos of rivers nationwide, and Luminous Mountains, published by Heyday in collaboration with the Yosemite Association. Palmer has traveled extensively through the Sierra by foot and on skis, with his canoe and whitewater raft, and in his well-equipped van.Photo by Ann Vileisis
