Thank you all who recommended Ansel Adams' book, The Making of 40 Photographs. Wow! What a great series of examples.
I particularly love the portrait of Carolyn Anspacher. Absolutely stunning repose, rationality. He commented that while he liked the effect, some thought it was a portrait of scuplture, referred to as "the stone head". I found it fascinating.
I think I particularly like it because it reminds me of Ayn Rand, even though she doesn't have a striking resemblance to Rand. But the facial expression is what I think of when thinking of Rand, that cold rationality. I wish there was a version of this photo online, so I could show it to my libertarian friends afar.
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