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Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams: Surf Sequence1940, printed after 1972

Not on view
Black and white aerial photograph of ocean waves breaking on a dark sand beach, with a mound of pale pebbles in the lower center
Gelatin silver print, aerial or elevated view of a shoreline with a wave breaking across the upper portion, its foam creating vertical streaked patterns in wet sand; a dark tidal pool and mound of coarse gravel occupy the lower half, with strong tonal contrast throughout.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a shoreline with foamy surf meeting dark wet sand and a curved gravel bar, high contrast with bright white wave edges against deep black tones.
Gelatin silver print, aerial or close-up landscape view of a coastal shoreline, with curving wave foam and wet sand forming sweeping diagonal bands across dark rocky terrain, high contrast black and white tones.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a beach shoreline with ocean surf at top, white foam tracing an irregular curve across dark wet sand, with a rounded gravel bank in the lower foreground.
Artist or Maker
Ansel Adams
United States, 1902-1984
Title
Ansel Adams: Surf Sequence
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1940, printed after 1972
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm); Mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm); Mount: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.49.1-.5
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
Copyright
© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust