Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park

Print Notes

Ansel Adams made this image at 4:14 the afternoon of December 28, 1960 with a Hasselblad camera and 250mm Zeiss Sonnar lens, releasing the mirror before operating the shutter to minimize vibration. It was one of his last well known photographs. Arguably, this is the definitive photograph of Half Dome and among the most famous images of Yosemite National Park.

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1960 | Printed 1969
Gelatin silver print signed by Ansel Adams on mount.
Image Size: 25 3/4 x 18 inches
Location: Rye ~ Unique ID 15

Provenance

Weston Gallery, Carmel to Lord Peter Palumbo, London, early 1980s; Lord Palumbo to Weston Gallery, 2000; Weston Gallery to a private collector, California 2000; private collector, California; purchased through Weston Gallery 2004.

Literature

Cover of "Classic Images"; "Yosemite and the Range of Light"; Yosemite and the High Sierra"; "Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs" and "Our National Parks."