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El Capitan, Sunrise by Ansel Adams — VisualArtsDB

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El Capitan, Sunrise

1956

Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed 1960
Dimensions: 9 1/2 × 7 7/16" (24.2 × 18.9 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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