c. 1940
The San Francisco–born photographer Ansel Adams is celebrated for his majestic black-and-white photography that brought the deserts, mountains and forests of the American West to the public. His images, beloved for their raw beauty and the magic of their subjects, are known around the world and widely reproduced as calendars and posters.
A sickly child with little attraction to sports or games, Adams early on developed an avid interest in the natural surroundings of his San Francisco home, on the heights facing Golden Gate Park. This passion found a productive outlet in photography, which he discovered at 14, when his father gave him his first camera during a family trip to Yosemite National Park. He spent much of the ensuing decades capturing Yosemite’s vast and varied wonders.
Adams’s photographs were first published in 1921. Even these early efforts demonstrate his eye for composition and his sensitivity to tonal balance and textural contrast. In the mid-1920s, he began to play with soft focus, as in the dreamy 1927 Lyell Fork Meadows, which appears bathed in a hazy, nostalgic light. The 1948 Sunrise over Sand Dunes in Death Valley exemplifies Adams’s later experiments with stark contrasts in light and geometric framing, which transform the landscape into a near abstraction.
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$30,272
H 13.98 in W 17.92 in
Thundercloud, Unicorn Peak, Yosemite National Park, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Bristol, GB
Silver gelatin print, printed later, flush-mounted to board Unknown 35.5 x 45.5cm (14 x 18 in (48.5 x 48.5 x 2 cm / 19.1 x 19.1 x 0.8 in) Signed on the front. On back, credit and Car...
Silver Gelatin
Half Dome, Thunderstorm Yosemite, California
By Jeff Nixon
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist. Matted on archival acid-free mat. 16x20". Signed on the lower right recto in pencil. Stamped and dated on verso.
Silver Gelatin
$520Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Half Dome in Yosemite - Black & White Landscape Photograph
By Jeff Nixon
Located in Soquel, CA
Half Dome in Yosemite - Black & White Landscape Photograph Beautiful black and white landscape photograph showing the backside of Half Dome by Jeff Nixon (American, 20th Century...
Paper, Silver Gelatin
$1,350
H 25.75 in W 29 in D 1.5 in
Mt Lyell Clouds, Yosemite - Black & White California Landscape Photograph
By Charles Cramer
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant hand signed black & white photo highlighting the sharp contrast between the Yosemite mountain range of Mt. Lyell and the beautiful clouds above by Charles Cramer (American, b...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$1,740
H 20 in W 25 in
Halfdome Yosemite Landscape Photography Print on Paper, 1950s
By Tom Ferderbar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alternative sizes and media available: 16 x 16 16 x 20 16 x 24 20 x 20 20 x 30 28 x 28 28 x 35 30 x 45 40 x 40 40 x 50 40 x 60 Matte photo paper or canvas available on...
Photographic Paper
$1,740
H 25 in W 20 in
El Capitan, Yosemite Landscape Photography, 1950s, Unframed, 25x20"
By Tom Ferderbar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alternative sizes and media available: 16 x 16 16 x 20 16 x 24 20 x 20 20 x 30 28 x 28 28 x 35 30 x 45 40 x 40 40 x 50 40 x 60 Matte photo paper or canvas available on...
Photographic Paper
$850
H 7.5 in W 6 in
Nevada Falls, Yosemite, Signed Gelatin Silver Print by Thomas McCartney
Located in Long Island City, NY
Thomas L. McCartney was born in Grove City, PA in 1938. He began his career in Veterinary Medicine and later became interested in photography. Originally involved in wildlife photogr...
Silver Gelatin
$1,740
H 20 in W 25 in
Yosemite Valley Landscape Photography, 1950s, Unframed, 20x25 Inches
By Tom Ferderbar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alternative sizes and media available: 16 x 16 16 x 20 16 x 24 20 x 20 20 x 30 28 x 28 28 x 35 30 x 45 40 x 40 40 x 50 40 x 60 Matte photo paper or canvas available on...
Photographic Paper
$1,740
H 25 in W 20 in
Tree and Halfdome, Yosemite Landscape Photography, 1950s, Unframed
By Tom Ferderbar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alternative sizes and media available: 16 x 16 16 x 20 16 x 24 20 x 20 20 x 30 28 x 28 28 x 35 30 x 45 40 x 40 40 x 50 40 x 60 Matte photo paper or canvas available on...
Photographic Paper
$440Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 14 in D 0.25 in
Lake Tenaya in Yosemite - Black & White Landscape Photograph
By Jeff Nixon
Located in Soquel, CA
Lake Tenaya in Yosemite - Black & White Landscape Photograph Beautiful black and white landscape photograph of Lake Tenaya by Jeff Nixon (American, 1952-2022). Along the bottom ...
Paper, Silver Gelatin
