The Alabama Hills, near Lone Pine in the Eastern Sierra, have long been one of my favorite places on earth; situated at the base of California’s Mt. Whitney, and only about 80 miles as the crow flies from Death Valley’s Badwater, it's a photographic paradise.
The area is BLM land, and you can camp pretty much anywhere. This particular location was one of my favorite spots and usually the spot I elected to set up camp. During one visit, the lenticular clouds sat there in the sky for hours, with the moon gradually rising behind them. I got the 8x10 camera out and photographed the scene in in black and white. A bit later, I decided to do it with color negative film, as well. A wonderful evening!
I started out liking the color photograph best, but a few years later, I had cause to print the BW version for a client and set the color version aside, having found a deeper love for the black-and-white.
Rocks, Moon and Clouds, Alabama Hills, CA 1983
8x10 negative
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: Three images are in editions 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
Larger sizes available. Call for details and pricing.