Ridge Panorama in the San Gabriel Mountains (1927)

A high-altitude panoramic view of rolling, heavily creased mountain ridges receding into distant hazy peaks under an overcast sky. — Ridge Panorama in the San Gabriel Mountains (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Documenting the rugged, furrowed ridgelines of Southern California, Donald A. Hall Sr. captured this expansive mountain panorama during a 1927 Sierra Club expedition. His photographic framing demonstrates a keen spatial awareness, balancing the layered topography with atmospheric haze.