Although any kind of
photography does well in Yosemite, black and white photography succeeds
particularly well because it captures the dynamics of the granite. Charles Weed was the first
photographer, taking pictures for Hutchings in 1859. Carleton E. Watkins, 1860s, used a mammoth-plate camera to
try and capture the mammoth dimensions of the park. Eadweard Muybridge, 1860s, took stereoscopic pictures and
was preoccupied with the debris that collected at the bottom of waterfalls and
along the rivers. In the 1880s
George Fiske put people into landscape photography.
Ansel Adams reclaimed a place
of honor for black & white photography beginning in the 1920s. Galen Rowell, 1970s, set the stage for
the mountaineering photographer.
Current photographers include Keith Walklet, Jeff Grandy, Christine
Lober, Ted Orland, and William Neill.
Video photography came of age
in the 1990s, blending moving images with narration and music for stunning
presentations. Some of the people
involved are Sterling Johnson, Dennis Burkhard, and Jon Else. Shelden Neill and Colin Delehanty are
currently in the midst of Project Yosemite, recording time-lapse photography of
the valley.
Musicians who have been
inspired by Yosemite include Rick Erlien, Siegfried Benkman, Jeff Victor, Dylan
Anton, and Shira Kammen.
In the area of drama, Lee
Stetson often performs as John Muir.
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