From Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, California
Photograph
1942 (photographed)
1942 (photographed)
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Photograph
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| Title | From Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, California (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'From Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, California', gelatin-silver print, Ansel Adams, United States, 1942 |
| Physical description | Photograph |
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| Credit line | Given by Virginia and Ansel Adams. Used by permission of the Trustees of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust, all rights reserved |
| Object history | Ansel Adams is well-known for his portrayal of the mountain ranges, deserts, rivers and skies of the western United States. Adams was a passionate lover of the vast American wilderness and an active conservationist. He commented, "my approach to photography is based on my belief in the vigour and values of the world of nature - in the aspects of grandeur and of the minutiae all about us." Having trained as a pianist before turning to photography in 1927, Adams often discussed his process of composition in musical terms. |
| Bibliographic reference | Moore, Andrew and Nigel Larkin, eds. Art at the Rockface. The Fascination of Stone.London : Philip Wilson Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0903101793. |
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| Accession number | PH.1366-1980 |
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| Record created | July 25, 2003 |
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