Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach
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Ansel’s childhood home was built right above the dunes of Bakers Beach. He recalled fond memories of playing in and around the dunes as a young kid and would opine that such an early experience likely gave him an appreciation for nature that would not have materialized had been born in a larger metropolitan center. He singles out Bakers Beach as a place that ‘profoundly influenced me’ philosophically, and in this image we can see many facets of his life come together: his influential childhood on Bakers Beach, the metamorphosing and expansion of the West as embodied by the Golden Gate Bridge, and a glorious thunderhead reminiscent of his days in the High Sierra that hints at the ephemeral and delicate nature of all things he sought to protect.
With over 100 photographs spanning Ansel Adams’ extraordinary career Ansel Adams in Our Time brings Ansel back to the de Young Museum.
The Golden Gate before the Bridge, San Francisco, CA, 1932 — One beautiful storm-clearing morning” Adams wrote, “I looked out the window of our San Francisco home and saw magnificent clouds rolling from the north over the Golden Gate.
