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Adobes In The Sun: Portraits of a Tranquil Era Author: Baer, Morley Place: San Francisco, CA Publisher: Chronicle Books Date: 1972 Description: 144 pp. Text by Augusta Fink. Illustrations. (Oblong 4to) 9x12", gray cloth, gilt stamped spine, illustrated dust jacket. First Edition. Photographer Morley Baer 1916-1995, was known as the leading architectural photographer in Northern California, but his personal photography interests were of rural areas and the landscapes of California. American Photographer contributor Owen Edwards claimed, "What Baer represents is a generation or two of photographers whose aesthetic interest in the landscape was inseparable from their love of the land itself." Over the years Baer did not succumb to the advances in photography equipment. His main equipment during his entire career, which spanned forty-eight years, was an old wooden8x10 Ansco view camera that weighed approximately fifteen pounds. Two of Baer's influences were the photographers Edward Weston and Ansel Adams He first came to California in 1939 in search of Weston, whose photographs he had first seen in a Chicago art gallery at the beginning of his career. Baer became a friend of Weston and learned a great deal from him. Baer is quoted in Petersen's Photographic as saying "A couple of things changed my life and my photography. One was meeting Edward Weston who, I think, finally brought it home to me that photography is a very personal kind of expression that comes from your reactions to the world you live in and not a world you'd like to live in." Lot Amendments Condition: Light spotting to book and dust jacket fore edge; else near fine in near fine mylar protected dust jacket. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 317174