Monolith, The Face of Half Dome
Ansel Adams
1927
Medium
gelatin silver print (parmelian print)
Dimensions
image: 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in.) sheet: 30.2 x 25.1 cm (11 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Harvey S. Shipley Miller Fund
Accession Number
2004.85.2
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...