Monolith, The Face Of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, Ca
Artist
Ansel Adams
(American, 1902-1984)
CultureAmerican
Date1927
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 19 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (48.9 × 36.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 27 7/8 × 21 7/8 in. (70.8 × 55.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
Overall, Support: 27 7/8 × 21 7/8 in. (70.8 × 55.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. T. Lane Stokes
Object number82.127
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photograph of a view in Yosemite National Park, California.Label TextAnsel Adams American, 1902–1984 Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California, 1927 Gelatin silver print, ca. 1980 This photograph appeared in Adams’s first portfolio along with Lodgepole Pines (to the left), but the image shows an entirely distinct artistic approach. To make the image, Adams climbed to a peak that provided an expansive view of Half Dome. Knowing that the yellow filter on his lens would make the sky appear gray, he swapped to a red filter, giving the sky the arresting darkness that matched the intensity of his feeling that day. Adams called this technique of composing a photograph in his mind “visualization.” As he explained it, “I had been able to realize a desired image: not the way the subject appeared in reality but how it felt to me and how it must appear in the finished print.” Gift of Dr. and Mrs. T. Lane Stokes 82.127 Exhibition History"From Ansel Adams to Infinity," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 21, 2018 - January 27, 2019.
Ansel Adams
ca. 1921, printed ca. 1980