Santa Monica Beach Looking Toward Malibu Mountains (1927)

A wide sandy beach at low tide with wet sand reflections and seagulls, looking northwest across rolling surf toward the Santa Monica Mountains. — Santa Monica Beach Looking Toward Malibu Mountains (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Looking northwest across the broad tidal flats of Santa Monica Beach in 1927, Donald A. Hall Sr. captured rolling ocean breakers framed by the distant peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains. The wet sand mirrors atmospheric clouds, reflecting his keen aesthetic sense for coastal geometry.