Valley of the Yosemite, from Rocky Ford
1872
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1872
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Valley of the Yosemite, from Rocky Ford is a 1872 by Eadweard J. Muybridge, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows Yosemite Valley glowing under golden light. The rocks rise sharply while the river bends through the green valley floor. Muybridge used huge glass plates to capture such detail. He took this photo on his second trip in 1872. Yosemite was new to most Americans then. His work helped people see wild America before cars and crowds arrived. Want to see more like this? Check out Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, 1830–1904).
Early in a long, creative career distinguished by landmark studies of animal and human motion, Eadweard J. Muybridge created a remarkable group of photographs of Yosemite Valley in California. During his second journey there, lasting from June through November 1872, he made his most significant and extensive body of landscape photographs, many taken with mammoth glass plate negatives measuring 20 x 24 inches. This image of the valley from Rocky Ford is one of his most luminous and sublime views. Taken in early morning light, this carefully framed and dramatically lit photograph reveals…
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Eadweard J. Muybridge (1830–1904) was an American artist.
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