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Ansel Adams
Moonrise Hernandez, New Mexico
1941
Gelatin silver print, printed later, mounted.
38.7 x 50 cm (15 1/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
Signed in pencil on the mount; Carmel credit stamp (BMFA 11) with title and date in another hand in ink on the reverse of the mount.
Full-Cataloguing
‘After the first exposure I quickly reversed the 8x10 film holder to make a duplicate negative, for I instinctively knew I had visualised one of those very important images that seem prone to accident or physical defect, but as I pulled out the slide the sunlight left the crosses and the magical moment was gone forever.’
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams