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First Recess - Mono Creek by Ansel Adams — VisualArtsDB

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First Recess - Mono Creek

1930

Medium: Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")
Dimensions: 6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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Architecture, Early California Cemetery

Architecture, Early California Cemetery

Ansel Adams, 1932

Trees and Snow

Trees and Snow

Ansel Adams, 1933

Moth and Stump, Interglacial Forest, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, No. 6 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950)

Moth and Stump, Interglacial Forest, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, No. 6 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950)

Ansel Adams, 1949

Aspens, Dawn, Dolores River Canyon, Autumn, Colorado

Aspens, Dawn, Dolores River Canyon, Autumn, Colorado

Ansel Adams, 1937

White Gravestone, Laurel Hill Cemetery, San Francisco

White Gravestone, Laurel Hill Cemetery, San Francisco

Ansel Adams, 1933

Factory Building, San Francisco

Factory Building, San Francisco

Ansel Adams, 1932

Mirror Lake, Mount Watkins, Yosemite National Park, California

Mirror Lake, Mount Watkins, Yosemite National Park, California

Ansel Adams, 1925

Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

Ansel Adams, 1940

South House, Woman Winnowing Grain, pl. 10 from the album "Taos Pueblo" (1930)

South House, Woman Winnowing Grain, pl. 10 from the album "Taos Pueblo" (1930)

Ansel Adams, 1920

Lake Tenaya, Yosemite National Park, California

Lake Tenaya, Yosemite National Park, California

Ansel Adams, 1941

Marion Lake, Southern Sierra

Marion Lake, Southern Sierra

Ansel Adams, 1925

Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California

Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California

Ansel Adams, 1932