Sunrise, Dunes, Death Valley National Monument
Artist: Ansel Easton Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Date: 1948
Dimensions:
image: 13 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (34.9 x 26.4 cm)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
Medium: gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor
Object number: 1975.3
Label Text:
Adams recalled his experience making this photograph:
I remember many sunrises in Death Valley, especially one near Stovepipe Wells in 1948. After sleeping on the camera platform atop my car, I woke before dawn, made some coffee and stoked my stomach with beans reheated from last night’s supper. I then perched my camera and tripod across my shoulders and plodded heavily through the shifting sand dunes, attempting to find just the right light upon just the right dune. The sun floated above the margins of the Funeral Range, promising a very hot day. Just then, almost magically, I saw an image become substance: the light of sunrise traced a perfect line down a dune that alternately glowed with the light and receded in shadow.
Adams recalled his experience making this photograph:
I remember many sunrises in Death Valley, especially one near Stovepipe Wells in 1948. After sleeping on the camera platform atop my car, I woke before dawn, made some coffee and stoked my stomach with beans reheated from last night’s supper. I then perched my camera and tripod across my shoulders and plodded heavily through the shifting sand dunes, attempting to find just the right light upon just the right dune. The sun floated above the margins of the Funeral Range, promising a very hot day. Just then, almost magically, I saw an image become substance: the light of sunrise traced a perfect line down a dune that alternately glowed with the light and receded in shadow.
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