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Ansel Adams
American
(1902–1984)
El Capitan, Sunrise (from Portfolio III Yosemite Valley 1960)
1959
Gelatin silver print
9.5 x 7.25 in. (24.13 x 18.415 cm)
Museum Permanent Collection
1984.1470
One of America’s great landscape photographers and environmentalists, Adams had already been photographing Yosemite for forty years when he took this photo. The view captures one of the Park’s most iconic peaks. Sunlight reflects on the towering granite monolith creating a connection between earth and sky and suggesting spiritual renewal. The name “El Capitan” is thought to be a loose Spanish translation of the original Miwok name for the mountain To-tock-ah-noo-lah, meaning “rock chief."
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- English 3385: World Literary History, Pre-1900 Casey Allen , 2/5/2016 - 9/27/2016
- English 3395: Greek and Roman Mythology , 1/8/2019 - 6/20/2019
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