Photographs by Ansel Adams. Copyright %C2%A91998 by the Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. All Rights Reserved
Thunderstorm, Yosemite Valley, California, 1945
Ansel Adamsexpand_more
Gelatin silver print (printed 1979)expand_more
Gift of Fred Scheelexpand_more 98.144.28
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“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know of no sculpture, painting or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters. At first the colossal aspect may dominate; then we perceive and respond to the delicate and persuasive complex of nature.
“Here are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
“Each represents, for me, a moment of wonder.”
— Ansel Adams, The Portfolios Of Ansel Adams
Details
- Title
- Thunderstorm, Yosemite Valley, California
- Artist Life
- 1902 - 1984
- Role
- Photographer
- Accession Number
- 98.144.28
- Curator Approved
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Photographs by Ansel Adams. Copyright ©1998 by the Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. All Rights Reserved