Yosemite National Park is located east of San Francisco in California, United States of America. Yosemite spans across some 761,268 acres comprising amazing landscapes and many curious species of wildlife. It is where landscape photographers are born! Having Ansel Adams trekking the park for his entire life throughout the twentieth century bringing Yosemite to the cities of America with his photography, while spreading awareness to conserve this rich pocket of earth. Yosemite has spanned across more than just a few hundred thousands acres over the past decades, drawing in almost four million visitors a year! So, I hope you find these photographs inspiring and a reminder to you that photography is a unique medium with more than just creativity to show, but also a powerful tool in seeking awareness for a cause, as in the case of Ansel Adams.



“El Capitan on Fire – Valley View, Yosemite Park, California, USA by Rich Capture

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. – Ansel Adams (1902-84)



Room with a view by Joshua Cripps



Falls of Spring – Swinging Bridge by PatrickSmithPhotography



El Capitan Sky by PatrickSmithPhotography



upper yosemite falls moonbow by Ilikethenight



Half Dome Impressions #1 – Mirror Lake by PatrickSmithPhotography



Ode to Yosemite by gcquinn



Yosemite National Park, California by sebastien-mamy.fr



Yosemite Reflections #1 – Mirror Lake by PatrickSmithPhotography



El Capitan, Yosemite by curreyuk



Mistical Magical Yosemite by Darvin Atkeson



El Capitan by Xindaan



Upper Yosemite Falls by Xindaan



The Gates of the Valley by SMGallery (MooreandCruz.com)



Bridalveil Meadow under a Full Moon by Dave Toussaint (www.photographersnature.com)



Sequoias by Mono Andes



Half Dome Hike – The Visor by Stuart~

Reflecting on Valley View by Tony Immoos



Yosemite Falls & Swinging Bridge by Darvin Atkeson



lower yosemite falls moonbow by Ilikethenight



Winter Waiting in Yosemite by frosteez



Yosemite Mountain by Khalid Ghamdi



El Capitan, Reflected by MumbleyJoe (Tyler)



Vernal Falls, Yosemite, California by Ivan Makarov



Yosemite Chapel Winter 2006 by Vladimir Fanning



Tuolumne Grove, Yosemite by Cliff Stone



Dying of the Light by BigFrank



North Peak, Yosemite National Park and Hoover Wilderness, California by davidkiene



Yosemite Valley by redsmall



El Capitan’s Splendor by Lightchaser



Vernal Falls, Yosemite Park | The Waterfalls of Our Dreams | DRI by David Giral | davidgiralphoto.com



Hetch Hetchy by Laura Travels



Half Dome reflection by stevewhis



A Stonking Waterfall by MikeJonesPhoto



Plastic lenses never lie, but they are known to blur the truth a bit by Zeb Andrews



Yosemite trees by Soller Photo



Yosemite Falls in the Morning by Mimi Ditchie

To learn more about Yosemite and Ansel Adams please checkout these links:

Ansel Adams

Yosemite National Park

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