Winding Mountain Highway and Canyon Slopes (1927)

A vertical high-angle view of a paved mountain road with a white wooden guardrail curving along steep chaparral slopes above a deep canyon. — Winding Mountain Highway and Canyon Slopes (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Experimenting with vertical framing and dynamic terrain, Donald A. Hall Sr. documented this winding mountain highway curving along steep slopes in 1927. The white wooden post-and-plank guardrail traces the contours of the road above a dense, brush-filled California canyon.