Rugged Coastal Cliffs and Secluded Cove (1927)

Sheer, dark coastal cliffs descending steeply into clear ocean water with jagged rocks and sea stacks lining a secluded cove. — Rugged Coastal Cliffs and Secluded Cove (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Exploring the inaccessible shoreline of Southern California in 1927, Donald A. Hall Sr. photographed these dramatic sea cliffs plunging into the Pacific. The composition captures the sharp contrast between dark basaltic rock and translucent inshore swells.