![]() the easy hike to reach Sentinel Dome from the Glacier Point road, the tree became a popular destination over the years, thousands of visitors carved their initials into it. ![]() Though Adams' photograph made the Jeffrey Pine famous, it was long an icon for photographers visiting Yosemite Carleton Watkins photographed it in 1867. Sentinel Dome, the second highest point in Yosemite Valley after Half Dome, looms over the south rim of Yosemite Valley, opposite Yosemite Fall and west of Glacier Point. Technical Information on Yosemite Special Edition Photographs About this ImageĪnsel Adams made this image around 1940 with an 8" x 10” view camera. As an owner of a Special Edition Photograph, you too can share Ansel's vision, inspiring others to preserve and protect Yosemite for years to come. We invite you to stand with Ansel in his commitment to honoring and cherishing the unparalleled beauty of Yosemite by showcasing an Ansel Adams Yosemite Special Edition Photograph. With professional framing available, this collection ranges in price from $375 (mounted and matted) to $800 (framed). From a selection of 29 stunning images of Yosemite, each photograph is printed in 8x10 inches and authorized by the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. Each silver photograph shimmers with brilliance, with richly perfected black and white tones. Alan Ross worked under Ansel’s direct observation from 1975 until 1984, and has been producing the series in accordance to Ansel's instructions ever since. ![]() Yosemite Special Edition Photographs are the closest photographic reproductions to Ansel’s original masterpieces, painstakingly handcrafted from his negatives by former assistant Alan Ross. Today, with America’s wild spaces increasingly under threat, Ansel’s vision for the Special Edition Photographs remains as relevant as ever. We honor that intention today, offering these stunning silver prints to all who wish to express their love for Yosemite and desire to protect it as a natural wonder. With images of Half Dome, Lake Tenaya, Merced River and more, he invited everyone to be of part of his 'art as activism" by pricing the prints at an affordable cost. ![]() With that as his main goal, Ansel conceived this series of Yosemite Special Edition Photographs in the late 1950s. Ansel hoped his images would inspire park visitors to become activists for Yosemite's preservation, instilled with a deeper connection to the natural world and desire to protect it. He first visited the Park in 1916 and he returned every year thereafter, meeting his wife there and then raising his family within Yosemite's splendor. In Yosemite he discovered his spiritual home and built his family. Of all the American landscapes that Ansel Adams immortalized through his images, Yosemite was the most deeply personal. ![]()
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