From Glacier Point
1927
Medium
gelatin silver print on Kodak Vitava Athena grade T parchment paper (Parmelian print)
Dimensions
image: 15.1 x 20.2 cm (5 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 25.1 x 30 cm (9 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2006.133.1
About the Artist
Ansel Adams
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...