The Golden Gate (before construction of the bridge)
date: label: negative made
content: 1933
label: print made
content: 1968
name: label: maker
content: Adams, Ansel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Silver gelatin, mounted.
label: Description
content: One morning in 1932, Adams awoke to a sky filled with fast moving, rolling clouds, and took his 8” x 10” camera to the sea cliffs of the Golden Gate to capture the scene. Frustrated by the constantly changing composition and high winds, Adams nevertheless took a 1/25 second exposure with remarkable clarity and sharp focus. In his book “Examples,” Adams recalls that a photographer once protested that this photograph was “too pretty” to show the real Golden Gate, but the image’s continuing popularity proves the relevance of Adams’ vision (p.21). The view of the Golden Gate at the entrance of the Bay of San Francisco would change with the construction of the bridge beginning in 1933.
label: Description
content: Ansel Adams (1902-1984) is one of the most well-known twentieth century photographers. His contributions to the field of photography include his innovation and teaching of the Zone System. The quality of his photographs set the standard by which many straight photographs are judged.
label: Description
content: The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of twenty-five photographs, all printed in or about 1968. All are gelatin silver, mounted, labeled and signed in ink by the photographer. The photographs include some of his most well-known images, but also portraits and objects. The selection of images was made in collaboration between the collecting curator and Adams.
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photo History Collection
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content: Ansel Adams Collection
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Reproduction rights held by the Center for Creative Photography--ARIZONA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.69.117.21
label: accession number
content: 282104
label: catalog number
content: 69.117.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Type
content: photographs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 13 in; 25.4 cm x 33.02 cm