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February 20. The birth date of the great American landscape photographer, Ansel Adams. But wait! There's more to this story. ⁠ ⁠ Check out these photos from 'Mike Mandel: Zone Eleven,' featuring photographs by Adams, as culled by the great American conceptual photographer.⁠ ⁠ A New York Times Book Review 2021 holiday gift pick, this book was also reviewed recently at Collector Daily. ⁠ ⁠ We highly recommend that review, to totally understand the complexity and power of the book. You can find it via the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #anseladams #mikemandel #zoneeleven #otd #bornotd #anseladamsbornotd #conceptualphotography #archivalphotos #evidence⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CaMxGIPLuol/?utm_medium=tumblr

If you want to know what's really going on in 'Zone Eleven,' in which Mike Mandel applies "his incisive editing eye to the surely daunting Ansel Adams archive," read this deep dive by Loring Knoblauch for Collector Daily. (linked in bio)⁠ ⁠ Knoblauch writes, "After spending time with it, this book doesn’t seem aimed at being a discovery vehicle for the unseen Adams (which it is indirectly), but a constrained sandbox in which Mandel can play."⁠ ⁠ He concludes, "Would the traditionalist Adams have approved of this offbeat exercise, or enjoyed the results? Who’s to say, but it’s hard not to think he would have been at least somewhat enchanted (and flattered) by Mandel’s meticulous looking. The images in 'Zone Eleven' won’t be remembered as Adams’ finest, but Mandel still treats them with respect – in fact, he engages with them so deeply and seriously that they begin to break down, losing their original context and becoming something else. Using Adams (of all photographers) to make an argument about the enduring power of appropriation and recontextualization is a flash of risk taking few would even consider, but Mandel has pulled it off with panache and grace. 'Zone Eleven' is the kind of photobook that simmers with so much intelligence that you’ll want to push it on Adams fans and skeptics with nearly equal enthusiasm. It thoughtfully asks us to question not only what we think we know about Adams, but also to broadly consider the many ways a photograph can function."⁠ ⁠ # LoringKnoblauch #mikemandel #zoneeleven #anseladams https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ2Yx_bJ-Ut/?utm_medium=tumblr

Thank you to Mike Mandel for presenting and signing his new book, ‘Zone Eleven,’ yesterday @artbookps1 You can watch the whole presentation on their Instagram TV channel & order a signed copy of the book in store or through their link in bio! #mikemandel #zoneeleven @damiani_books https://www.instagram.com/artbook/p/CXHWmJPJuLM/?utm_medium=tumblr

For photo insiders, this book is a goldmine. Featuring a trove of "atypical," previously unseen photos by landscape photography god Ansel Adams which have been gathered and edited by photographer Mike Mandel from archival collections, it's a remarkable addition both to Adams' oeuvre and to Mandel's.⁠ ⁠ @glenhelfand asks, "Mike Mandel’s book 'Zone Eleven' presents commercial photographs attributed to Adams. But are they essentially found images that have little to do with his artistic vision?"⁠ ⁠ You be the judge! Read more @aperturefnd via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ Published by @damianibooks⁠ ⁠ #anseladams #mikemandel #zoneeleven #zone11 @mikemandel1816 @anseladams #foundphotography #photobook https://www.instagram.com/p/CWrC99qJOfZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Hot photobook alert! Get it @artbookhwla !! #Repost ・・・Just unpacked — Mike Mandel: Zone Eleven with photographs by Ansel Adams — pick up a copy in the bookstore or DM to order. Responding to the audience's expectation of “the iconic Ansel Adams nature photograph", Mike Mandel selects images that do not fit that expectation. Zone Eleven is a book of Ansel Adams images that surprisingly speak to issues of social relations, the built environment and alienation. Zone Eleven alludes to Ansel Adams’ Zone System, a method for controlling exposure of the negative in order to obtain a full range of tonality in the photographic print—from the deepest black of Zone 0 to the brightest highlight in Zone 10. #mikemandel #anseladams #zoneeleven 📸 @damianibooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CWGEDVaFQue/?utm_medium=tumblr

Coming soon from @damiani_books — 'Mike Mandel: Zone Eleven' with photographs by Ansel Adams and text by Erin O'Toole.⁠ See a selection of images from the book @loeildelaphotographie via linkinbio.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ “Zone Eleven” alludes to Ansel Adams’ Zone System, a method for controlling exposure of the negative in order to obtain a full range of tonality in the photographic print—from the deepest black of Zone 0 to the brightest highlight in Zone 10. “Zone Eleven” is a metaphor coined by artist Mike Mandel in his challenge to create a book of Adams’ photographs outside of the bounds of his personal work. Many of these photographs were found in the archives of Adams’ commercial and editorial assignments, and from his experimentation with the new Polaroid material of the times.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ For this book, Mandel has unearthed images that are unexpected for Adams, and created a new context of facing-page relationships and sequence. 'Zone Eleven; is the product of Mandel’s research into over 50,000 Adams images located within four different archives, from which he presents a body of Adams’ work that was largely unknown until now.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Mike Mandel is well known for his collaboration with Larry Sultan from the 1970s to the 1990s. They published 'Evidence' in 1977, a collection of 59 photographs chosen from more than two million images that the artists viewed at the archives of government agencies and tech-oriented corporations. Conceptually, 'Zone Eleven' is a companion book to 'Evidence.' As 'Evidence' reframes the institutional documentary photograph with new context and meaning, 'Zone Eleven' responds to the audience expectation of 'the iconic Ansel Adams nature photograph.' But Mandel selects images that do not fit that expectation. 'Zone Eleven' is a book of Ansel Adams images that surprisingly speak to issues of social relations, the built environment and alienation.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ @mikemandel1816 @eotoolesf #mikemandel #zone11 #zoneeleven #anseladams #photobook #evidence https://www.instagram.com/p/CTFtmaIFhcj/?utm_medium=tumblr

One forthcoming photobook we are very excited about this fall: 'Mike Mandel: Zone Eleven,' with photographs by Ansel Adams and text by Erin O'Toole.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Releases October 2021 from @damiani_books⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ “Zone Eleven” alludes to Ansel Adams’ Zone System, a method for controlling exposure of the negative in order to obtain a full range of tonality in the photographic print—from the deepest black of Zone 0 to the brightest highlight in Zone 10. “Zone Eleven” is a metaphor coined by artist Mike Mandel in his challenge to create a book of Adams’ photographs outside of the bounds of his personal work. Many of these photographs were found in the archives of Adams' commercial and editorial assignments, and from his experimentation with the new Polaroid material of the times.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ For this book, Mandel has unearthed images that are unexpected for Adams, and created a new context of facing-page relationships and sequence. Zone Eleven is the product of Mandel’s research into over 50,000 Adams images located within four different archives, from which he presents a body of Adams’ work that was largely unknown until now.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Read more @artdailynews via linkinbio.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #mikemandel #zoneeleven #anseladams @mikemandel1816 https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrjYk4MYMV/?utm_medium=tumblr