Transcendence: Photography and the Sublime
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Ansel Adams
Sunrise, Mount Tom, Sierra Nevada, California
circa 1948
Gelatin silver print from Portfolio VII, printed 1976.
15 5/8 x 19 1/4 in. (39.7 x 48.9 cm)
Signed, numbered 'VII-11' and 91/115 in pencil on the mount; 'Portfolio VII' stamp on the reverse of the mount.
Full-Cataloguing
"The earth never tires,
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature
is rude and incomprehensible at first,
Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well
envelop'd,
I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than
words can tell."
–Walt Whitman, "song of the Open Road," Leaves of Grass
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature
is rude and incomprehensible at first,
Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well
envelop'd,
I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than
words can tell."
–Walt Whitman, "song of the Open Road," Leaves of Grass