  About the Artwork
  
  
  No place had a more lasting influence on Ansel Adams than California’s Yosemite National Park. He first went there at the age of fourteen and returned almost every year for the rest of his life. Adams was fascinated with interpreting the ephemeral qualities of light and variable weather conditions, as seen here in a winter view of one of Yosemite’s most iconic rock formations, known as Half Dome. In the park, Adams came to understand the power of photographs to go beyond simple visual descriptions to convey emotions and meaning.
  
  
  Title
  Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley
  
  
  Artwork Date
  ca. 1938, printed between 1963 and 1971
  
  Artist
  Ansel Adams
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1902-1984
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  American
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Gelatin silver print
  
  
  Dimensions
  Image: 15 1/8 × 19 1/2 inches (38.4 × 49.5 cm)
  Mount: 22 × 28 inches (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Photographs
  
  
  Department
  Prints, Drawings &amp; Photographs
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  71.116
  
  
  Copyright
  Copyright Not Evaluated
