From Edward Curtis' haunting portraits to Ansel Adams' soaring vistas, this informative and visually compelling overview of America's most famous photographers traces the history and evolution of the black and white image and how it shaped our national view. Photographers Carleton E. Watkins, Timothy O'Sullivan, Andrew J. Russell, William Henry Jackson and others have left future generations a bountiful legacy of visual images that provide a remarkable historic record of the land and its people.