Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California
Ansel Adams
1927, printed 1980
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 49.1 × 36.8 cm (19 5/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Virginia B. Adams
Accession Number
1986.3.2
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Ansel Adams · 1902–1984
Ansel Adams, born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California, grew up as the only child of Charles Hitchcock Adams, a businessman and astronomy enthusiast who tutored him at home, and Olive Bray, with whom he had a distant relationship. A hyperactive child prone to illness, Adams struggled in formal schooling and was educated by private tutors and his father until graduating from eighth gr...