Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, CA

Print Notes

The negative for this image was the last one Adams made during a daylong trek with friends on April 17, 1927, and with the trip of the shutter he knew that he had caught something exceptional. In 1927, Adams made contact prints, the format of the negative determining the image size. Only later would he print it with an enlarger so that he could more fully convey Yosemite’s grandness.

Description

Ansel Adams
1933 - 2024
1927 | Printed 1965-1970
Gelatin Silver Print
Image Size: 40 × 30 ½ inches
Frame Size: 58 × 50 inches
Location: Rye ~ Unique ID 0008

Provenance

Robert Mann Gallery