In early July of 1974, I was in Yosemite running the darkroom for Ansel Adams' Making of a Photographic Book workshop. A few days into the workshop, Ansel’s business manager pulled me aside, saying that Ansel was interested in whether I might be willing to move to Carmel and begin full-time work for him as his assistant. I thought about that for maybe a micro-second and agreed to report for duty in early August.
A few days later, the entire workshop group headed up to Yosemite's high country, stopping at Olmstead Point, Lake Tenaya, and Touolomne Meadows. During the outing, a summer storm rolled into Yosemite, pouring rain and blowing hard. When the wind blew my 4x5 camera over on the granite, my fellow assistants and I decided it was time to call it a day and return to the Valley.
As soon as we popped out of the Crane Flat tunnel, this fabulous scene of Bridalveil Fall and hanging clouds caused us to screech to a halt. We jumped out of the car with our cameras, and I set up and made this exposure, feeling that “I got it.” Since I was running the darkroom, it was only an hour or two before I was hanging my film up to dry. I DID get it!
When I showed Ansel my first print, he congratulated me on getting my “first Mona Lisa!”
That was a good week for me!
NOTE: THERE ARE ONLY THRE IMAGES LEFT TO SELL BEFORE THIS EDITION IS SOLD OUT.
General Edition and Sizing Information:
Limited Edition Prints signed and numbered in an edition of 100. Each print is made personally by me, printed either on Ilford Multigrade Classic fiber paper and selenium toned, or on Canson Platine paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply or 8-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence. Note: This is one of three images offered in an edition of 150.
Open Edition Archival Pigment Print made personally by me on Canson Rag Photographique paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence. Digitally signed.
Sizing:
Open Edition Pigment Print – Image size approximately 8x10, over-matted to 14x17 with 4-ply museum board
11x14 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 9x11.5, over-matted to 16x20 with 4-ply museum board
16x20 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 14x18, over-matted to 22x28 with 4-ply museum board
20x24 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 18x22, over-matted to 26x32 with 4-ply museum board
24x30 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 22x28, over-matted to 32x40 with 8-ply museum board
30x40 and larger Limited Edition Print – Over-matted to 40x50 or larger with 8-ply museum board.