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This beautiful literary portrait of photography's greatest hero was written by his last assistant. Mary Street Alinder assisted the Master during a time in his life when he finally, yet half-begrudgingly, accepted his position as an artistic celebrity. The price of his art was sky-rocketing as he continued to explore the latest advances of his chosen medium as well as revisit some of his old favorites in the darkroom.

This book is about the man himself more than the one by Jonathan Spaulding (also a good read). This is a direct result of the fact that Alinder had a very intimate friendship with Ansel. This unauthorized version of his life is more candid than the autobiography she helped him write (published postumously in 1985).

The triptych on the wall, as with all art, provides a still deeper penetration into the heart and mind of its creator.