106718-Warren Harding on Leaning Tower 1962 Acrylic Print

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Warren Harding, 1924-2002, legendary Yosemite climber who made the first ascent of the Nose of El Capitan, here on Leaning Tower in Yosemite Valley. This was also a first ascent, on the longest stretch of overhanging rock in the Sierra Nevada, CA. Ribbon Falls is in the distance. Image taken in 4x5 film format April 1962.

Ed began photographing seriously in 1956 when he started shooting in a 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 camera. In 1962 he started shooting in 4x5 film format with a view camera, and over the next 50 years built perhaps the largest private library of large format inspirational, mountain and nature images in North America. He began digital photography in 2007, both adding new images, as well as converting old film from the previous decades, to digital form. All photos are unedited and unaltered except for the digital restoration of the older film images. Over the years his work has appeared in calendars, greeting cards, church bulletins, posters, his own personal wine country and northern California coast postcard line, and many other commercial uses, as...