Two people standing on a rocky overhang above a mountain valley – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Two people standing on a rocky overhang above a mountain valley. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Two people standing on a rocky overhang above a mountain valley
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Perched on a rocky overhang, two figures look out over a deep mountain valley, their small forms giving a sense of scale to the granite walls below. Pictures like this one became part of how Yosemite was pictured for a broader public in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when photographers and painters worked to convey the size of its cliffs and meadows to people who would never see them in person. The contrast between the human figures and the vast landscape is the heart of the composition, and it is worth noticing how the scene reads as both a record of a visit and a statement about the wonder of wild country.
| Original scan | 6,441 × 6,474 px · prints to 21 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 18928u |
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