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Pacific Ocean Sunset Over Santa Monica Bay (1927)

A dramatic Pacific Ocean sunset with layered, dark storm clouds stretching over calm waters toward a distant coastal headland. — Pacific Ocean Sunset Over Santa Monica Bay (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Capturing the atmospheric dynamics of coastal California, Donald A. Hall Sr. photographed this moody sunset over Santa Monica Bay in 1927. His Leica camera preserved subtle tonal gradations across layered clouds and the darkening Pacific horizon.