Ansel Adams (1902–1984) - Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, 1940

Ansel Adams, Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, 1940.

Among Ansel Adams’s most memorable images, Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome stands as a true emblem of resilience and natural beauty. Captured in 1940 in Yosemite, the photograph depicts the majestic outline of the wind-twisted Jeffrey pine clinging with dignity to bare rock, with snow-capped mountains in the distance. In a single frame, Adams encapsulates both the grandeur and fragility of nature.

A master of black-and-white, Adams achieves in this work a perfect balance between detail and drama, employing his famed Zone System to expand the tonal range and elevate the scene into an iconic vision of landscape photography. The image not only documents a remarkable tree, but also transforms it into a symbol of strength and permanence against the passage of time.

'Copyright Ansel Adams / Corbis / Cordon Press' at the bottom. Total dimensions: 30 x 23,5 cm on semi-gloss paper. Fine condition. Printed later, 2000s.

Ansel Adams stands among the great photographers of the 20th century, comparable to Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Imogen Cunningham, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Adams, Sebastião Salgado, Richard Misrach, and Michael Kenna, among others.

An essential piece for collectors of landscape photography, modern art, and natural heritage, condensing both Adams’s artistic vision and the eternal memory of Yosemite.