The Tetons and the Snake River

The Tetons and the Snake River is a black and white photograph taken by Ansel Adams in 1942, at the Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming. It is one of his best known and most critically acclaimed photographs.[1]

The Tetons and the Snake River (1942)

Analysis

The picture was taken from an elevated point of view and depicts the Snake River ondulating in a mountainous valley. A dramatically-lit black-and-white photograph depicts a large river, which snakes from the bottom right to the center left of the picture. Dark evergreen trees cover the steep left bank of the river, and lighter deciduous trees cover the right. In the top half of the frame, there is a tall mountain range, dark but clearly covered in snow. The sky is overcast in parts, but only partly cloudy in others, and the sun shines through to illuminate the scene and reflect off the river in these places.[2][3]

Public collections

There are prints of this picture in the collections of several art museums, including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, in Ann Arbor.[4][5][6]

References
  1. The Tetons and the Snake River by Ansel Adams, Medium
  2. The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, University of Michigan Museum of Art Official Website
  3. Ansel Adams Photographs, National Archives
  4. National Gallery of Art Official Website
  5. Philadelphia Museum of Art Official Website
  6. J. Paul Getty Museum Official Website
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