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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    I think I have an original photo of Ansel Adams Moon and Half dome but I'm not positive.How can I tell for sure?

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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    The Moon is that big white thing, and Half Dome looks like a huge rock, with a big section broken off on one side ;-)

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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    I'd think that if it matches what he talks about in The Print and his usual mounting/matting/signing technique, that's a start.

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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    I'd first examine the print to make sure it's a photographic print, as opposed to a lithographic print, and then make sure it corresponds to published versions, as Jason suggests. From there, I'd take it to an appraiser.

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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    Take it to a gallery - if they laugh at you, it isn't. If they start sucking up, it is....



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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    "The Moon is that big white thing, and Half Dome looks like a huge rock, with a big section broken off on one side"

    ... and if it's a color print, you've screwed the pooch!

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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    Is it signed by Ansel Adams on the front of the mount? If not, it is likely one of the "Yosemite Special Edition Prints" made under AA's supervision and sold through the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Valley. These prints were marked in various ways over the years, typically by a rubber stamp on the back of the mount with AA's initials (early) or the initials of the darkroom assistant (later).

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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    Moon and Half Dome IS part of the Yosemite Special Edition. You probably have one of those. Although the early ones, back from the days when he was living in the valley, may have been printed by him, that is one of Adams' later shots, after he was pretty famous. I doubt he ever printed it for the special edition.

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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    So, then maybe you have a John Sexton print of an Ansel Adams negative! But why worry? If you have an image of enduring beauty, it should not be sold, but given a place of honor in your home.

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    Ansel Adams photo, Moon and half dome

    Ansel Adams at times did print the "Yosemite Special Editions" personally.

    If so his intials "AA" would be on the lower right under the image.
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