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Yosemite Black and White Gallery

Yosemite National Park

Photographs by RICHARD BLAIR from the 70’s onward

Read my essay about my long, wild affair with Yosemite.

Yosemite was my first love in California. I hiked and climbed there for the first time in 1967, when I spent the summer backpacking. With a tiny transistor radio, I heard Neil Armstrong talking from the moon, while its light bathed the wilderness landscape.

By 1971 I was the official park photographer, based in Yosemite Valley. My assignment was to stop rioting between the hippies and the rangers, through educational programs involving light shows and rock and roll. We were called the Yosemite Light Brigade, a bunch of talented rebels.

I was profoundly influenced by Ansel Adam, who casts a long shadow in Yosemite.

I am still visiting Yosemite, but generally avoiding the valley, as the crowds and cars have ruined the vibe. The rampant profiteering in the park is repellent. The park service can’t control it - blame the politicians getting contributions from park businesses. But going off trail in the higher elevations is still paradise. Yosemite Valley is still magic - try to visit off season, after a snow storm. That clears more than the air!

To acquire one of these prints, please call go to Print Information for price and size information. Then use the Contact Page to message me and I’ll ship you a fine print.

Half Dome and Thunderhead, from Glacier Point
Half Dome and Thunderhead, from Glacier Point
Yosemite Valley After Spring Rain
Yosemite Valley After Spring Rain
Merced River and Cathedral Cliffs
Merced River and Cathedral Cliffs
El Capitan After a Winter Storm
El Capitan After a Winter Storm
 Moonrise, Half Dome

Moonrise, Half Dome

Spring Flood, Bridalveil Creek
Spring Flood, Bridalveil Creek
Lower Yosemite Falls from John Muir Cabin Site
Lower Yosemite Falls from John Muir Cabin Site
Merced River and Cathedral Cliffs, Winter
Merced River and Cathedral Cliffs, Winter
Just born Fawn, Near Echo Lake
Just born Fawn, Near Echo Lake
Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon, From Glacier Point
Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon, From Glacier Point
Lower Cathedral Lake
Lower Cathedral Lake
The Minarets with Thunderhead Clouds
The Minarets with Thunderhead Clouds
Cathedral Peak and Bud Lake from Echo Ridge
Cathedral Peak and Bud Lake from Echo Ridge
Just Born Fawn, Echo Ridge
Just Born Fawn, Echo Ridge
Cascade Falls
Cascade Falls
Royal Arch Cascade from the Diving Board
Royal Arch Cascade from the Diving Board
Yosemite Valley (Cleaned of Buildings and Roads), From the Diving Board on Half Dome
Yosemite Valley (Cleaned of Buildings and Roads), From the Diving Board on Half Dome
Yosemite Falls, Winter Morning from the Church
Yosemite Falls, Winter Morning from the Church
Upper Yosemite Falls, from Columbia Point
Upper Yosemite Falls, from Columbia Point
Unicorn and Cathedral Peaks from Lembert Dome
Unicorn and Cathedral Peaks from Lembert Dome

Yosemite Color Gallery

Yosemite Photographs. By Richard Blair, former park photographer. Images of Yosemite Valley, the High Sierra, and hiking and climbing.

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Fern Spring
Fern Spring
Famous Jeffery Pine Atop Sentinel Dome 1970 (Tree is gone now)
Famous Jeffery Pine Atop Sentinel Dome 1970 (Tree is gone now)
Vernal Falls During Spring Flood
Vernal Falls During Spring Flood
El Capitan, Horsetail Falls and Merced River
El Capitan, Horsetail Falls and Merced River
Bridalveil Falls in Winter
Bridalveil Falls in Winter
Horetail Falls, El Capitan
Horetail Falls, El Capitan
Illilouette Falls
Illilouette Falls
Lower Cathedral Lake
Lower Cathedral Lake
Rainbow Seen While Camping by Tioga Pass
Rainbow Seen While Camping by Tioga Pass
Newborn Fawn (first day!)
Newborn Fawn (first day!)
Icy Stream
Icy Stream
Horsetail Falls and Sun
Horsetail Falls and Sun
Cathedral Lake and Peak
Cathedral Lake and Peak
Waterwheel Falls, Tuolemne River Canyon
Waterwheel Falls, Tuolemne River Canyon
Lower Cathedral Lake
Lower Cathedral Lake
Glacial Polish, Tenaya Lake
Glacial Polish, Tenaya Lake
Yosemite Falls in the Mist
Yosemite Falls in the Mist
Waterfalls, Hetch Hetchy Valley
Waterfalls, Hetch Hetchy Valley
Merced River Rapids
Merced River Rapids
Jeffery Pine on Sentinel Dome
Jeffery Pine on Sentinel Dome
Tree and Bridal Falls
Tree and Bridal Falls
Ice Formation, Yosemite Valley
Ice Formation, Yosemite Valley
Half Dome Face from Mirror Lake
Half Dome Face from Mirror Lake
Looking Straight Down Nevada Falls
Looking Straight Down Nevada Falls
Fawn, Echo Ridge
Fawn, Echo Ridge
Brow of Nevada Falls
Brow of Nevada Falls
Tuolemne River with Storm Clouds
Tuolemne River with Storm Clouds
Merced River with Snow Mushrooms
Merced River with Snow Mushrooms
Climber by Lower Yosemite Falls
Climber by Lower Yosemite Falls
Merced River and Cathedral Cliffs (color)
Merced River and Cathedral Cliffs (color)

Yosemite City

Yosemite is a national park, but it has evolved to be a large urban space with all the problems that come with cities; crime, pollution, overcrowding traffic. This “city” is overlaid on one of the most beautiful valleys on earth, with rather mixed results - shown here.

Do what you can to restore the valley to a natural haven. People need to be gentle, peaceful and respectful of this landscape. I hope this long and varied collection of images helps you see the valley in its populated state. People have wants and needs - from food and shelter to recreation - that’s understandable - a tipping point is reached when the park is no longer the natural area visitors seek but it has become a tourist trap. The solution - remove the urban infrastructure.

How to do this? With a writing campaign, organizing, voting for change then ultimately with bulldozers. I know this seems impossibly hard, but what is the alternative. Giving up on the valley? Never.

Yosemite Village
Yosemite Village
Yosemite Falls Toilet
Yosemite Falls Toilet
 Yosemite Village Toxic Waste

Yosemite Village Toxic Waste

Omstead Point
Omstead Point
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Signing up
Signing up
Sightseeing Trailer
Sightseeing Trailer
Speeding
Speeding
Basic camping
Basic camping
Gift show trinkets
Gift show trinkets
Luxe dining
Luxe dining
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Smokin' Camping
Smokin' Camping
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Park Police
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$50 Million for S.F. - More for PG&E
$50 Million for S.F. - More for PG&E
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Bikers
Bikers
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Crowds at Yosemite Falls
Crowds at Yosemite Falls
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Camera Club Photographing a Model
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El Monte RV rental floods the park with mobile hotel rooms
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Mel Gibson Movie Set
Hetch Hetchy - a drowned Yosemite Valley
Hetch Hetchy - a drowned Yosemite Valley
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Tourist and Backpack
Tourist and Backpack
Yosemite for the day bus tours
Yosemite for the day bus tours
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Horse Patrol Riot Training
Horse Patrol Riot Training
Parking Lot with a View
Parking Lot with a View

Point Reyes Color Photographs

I would love to turn you on to Point Reyes!

.I can print any of these images; their costs vary depending on the size that you want.

To acquire one of these images, please call go to Print Information for price and size information. Then use the Contact Page to message me and I’ll ship you a fine print!

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Signs as Folk Art by Richard Blair

Signs are a form of folk art. I love that they are done by sign painters and amateurs, not professional graphic designers working with the latest digital tools. They reveal more than their advertising message.

To acquire one of these images, please go to Print Information for price and size information. Then use the Contact Page to message me and I’ll ship you a fine print.

 Sign at a “Wedding Chapel” for quickie marriages, Lake Tahoe, NV.

Sign at a “Wedding Chapel” for quickie marriages, Lake Tahoe, NV.

 Old Sign in France

Old Sign in France

 Mural on a Los Angeles Wall

Mural on a Los Angeles Wall

Sign Peeling in the Hot Sun
Sign Peeling in the Hot Sun
Naughty Sign with Republican Elephant, Las Vegas, Nevada
Naughty Sign with Republican Elephant, Las Vegas, Nevada
A Fair Place to Live
A Fair Place to Live
Fireworks Stand in Wyoming on a Windy, Cold Day
Fireworks Stand in Wyoming on a Windy, Cold Day
Sign in the London Underground
Sign in the London Underground
The Classic Hollywood Sign, Close Up
The Classic Hollywood Sign, Close Up
Berkeley License Plate
Berkeley License Plate
Hawaii Sign with the O's Filled In (Representing Coconuts!)
Hawaii Sign with the O's Filled In (Representing Coconuts!)
Barbara Kruger Art Sign, Los Angeles
Barbara Kruger Art Sign, Los Angeles
A Voice in the Wilderness, Hwy 120, Inyo Courty
A Voice in the Wilderness, Hwy 120, Inyo Courty
This Salt is My Salt, Salton Sea, CA
This Salt is My Salt, Salton Sea, CA

This salt is my salt

Flying Horse Sign, Point Reyes Gas Station
Flying Horse Sign, Point Reyes Gas Station
Love Sign, San Francisco
Love Sign, San Francisco
Coconut Grove Sign, with shadow of coconut tree.
Coconut Grove Sign, with shadow of coconut tree.

Santa Cruz, CA

Torn messages on a wall, Chinatown, S.F.
Torn messages on a wall, Chinatown, S.F.

Wall, Chinatown, San Francisco

Weathered Keep Out Sign on Ranchland, CA
Weathered Keep Out Sign on Ranchland, CA
Painted Facade for a Street Circus, Oakland, CA
Painted Facade for a Street Circus, Oakland, CA
Crooked Politician Ad with a Dirty Smokestack
Crooked Politician Ad with a Dirty Smokestack
South Africa Warning Sign for a Gated Home
South Africa Warning Sign for a Gated Home
Cable Car Sign, San Francisco
Cable Car Sign, San Francisco
Restaurant Sign, Point Reyes
Restaurant Sign, Point Reyes
Old American Car Logo
Old American Car Logo
Spray Painted Sign, Venice CA.
Spray Painted Sign, Venice CA.
Roadside Racist Sign
Roadside Racist Sign
Hawaiian Stoner Truck Advertising
Hawaiian Stoner Truck Advertising
Lovely Taxi Lettering
Lovely Taxi Lettering

Blair-Musicians

To acquire one of these images, please call go to Print Information for price and size information. Then use the Contact Page to message me and I’ll ship you a fine print.

Mc Coy Tyner at keystone Korner, SF  c.1978
Mc Coy Tyner at keystone Korner, SF c.1978
Jerry Garcia at Keystone Korner, Berkely 1976
Jerry Garcia at Keystone Korner, Berkely 1976

This photograph of Jerry Garcia was taken in 1976 at Keystone Korner, which was on University Ave. and Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley. He was playing with Merl Sanders and the pianist Nicky Hopkins. I don’t know the other musicians. The venue was small, perhaps holding 50-100 people. I took about 50 shots, mostly of Jerry. Note his missing finger caused by a axe accident while playing with his brother as a young person. This photo has been bootlegged by a lot by Deadheads for their YouTube videos and has been put in a collection of the best 100 photos of the Grateful Dead!

Grateful Dead Poster for the Greek Theater, Berkeley, Sept. 11, 1981
Grateful Dead Poster for the Greek Theater, Berkeley, Sept. 11, 1981
John Lennon's Rolls Royce (and arm!) NYC 1969 at Yoko Ono's apartment
John Lennon's Rolls Royce (and arm!) NYC 1969 at Yoko Ono's apartment
John Lennon's Rolls Royce, (side view).  NYC 1969 at Yoko Ono's apartment
John Lennon's Rolls Royce, (side view). NYC 1969 at Yoko Ono's apartment
Stéphane Grappelli at the Great American Music Hall
Stéphane Grappelli at the Great American Music Hall
Grace Slick of the  Jefferson Airplane with Paul Kantner's Guitar,  Winterland, SF, 1969
Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane with Paul Kantner's Guitar, Winterland, SF, 1969

This photograph was solarized by accidentally opening the developing tank before it was fixed.

Jack Cassidy, Jefferson Airplane, 1969
Jack Cassidy, Jefferson Airplane, 1969
Carlos Santana at Altamont, 1969
Carlos Santana at Altamont, 1969
Doctor John, The Night Tripper
Doctor John, The Night Tripper
Joan Baez,  Anti-war Protest, Cental Park Bandshell, NYC, 1969
Joan Baez, Anti-war Protest, Cental Park Bandshell, NYC, 1969
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders

Portrait in my studio for a record album cover.

Wilson Pickett, Keystone Korner, Berkeley, c.1976
Wilson Pickett, Keystone Korner, Berkeley, c.1976
One Man Band, a  disabled veteran, Union Square, NYC 1969
One Man Band, a disabled veteran, Union Square, NYC 1969
Salvation Army Musician, Copenhagen c.1980
Salvation Army Musician, Copenhagen c.1980

Blair-New York

New York in the late sixties by Richard Blair

The 60s were a time of great change: baby boomers were coming into their own; independent from their parents. The Vietnam war was raging, hippies were getting very high, and gloomy talk in New York City was of bankruptcy. Richard Blair was roaming the streets taking dramatic photographs of the city.

To acquire one of these prints, please call the gallery at 415 663-1616 for price and size information.

Brooklyn Bridge and the World Trade Center
Brooklyn Bridge and the World Trade Center

Taken from a boat in the East Riverc. 1981

Village Tourist Shop: Peace Symbols and Iron Cross Helmets
Village Tourist Shop: Peace Symbols and Iron Cross Helmets
John Lennon's Rolls Royce (and his arm!) NYC 1969
John Lennon's Rolls Royce (and his arm!) NYC 1969

Old Lady and the Mannequins 1969
Old Lady and the Mannequins 1969

On 72nd Street on the west side.

Three Winos, Sheridan Square Park, Greenwich Village
Three Winos, Sheridan Square Park, Greenwich Village
Times Square Movie Marquees c.1969
Times Square Movie Marquees c.1969
Hunchback, 3 a.m., Times Square 1969
Hunchback, 3 a.m., Times Square 1969

(by Modells Army-Navy store)

Praying in Sheridan Square for  a lost friend
Praying in Sheridan Square for a lost friend
44 degrees, Times Square
44 degrees, Times Square
Salvadore Dali, 1969
Salvadore Dali, 1969

Photographed at Dali’s exhibit of lithographs of Israel at the Galley of Modern Art at Columbus Circle. . He torpedoed the show by declaring that he hated Jews. c. 1969

Snow on El tracks from the first car - Dyre Ave. Line
Snow on El tracks from the first car - Dyre Ave. Line
Hanson Cab and Times Square
Hanson Cab and Times Square

Very late at night, after the last fares, the horses when taken back to a barn on the west side.

Joan Baez at an event where army recruits burned their military IDs.
Joan Baez at an event where army recruits burned their military IDs.

Hippies

I came out to San Francisco in 1967 and stayed in the Haight during the Summer of Love. It was great! There was free food, free apartments, clothes, concerts, everything was free and the people were so open, friendly, loving. We were mostly in our late teens or early twenties, we were looking good! We were really stoned too.

To acquire one of these images, please call go to Print Information for price and size information. Then use the Contact Page to message me and I’ll ship you a fine print.

PLEASE FIND SOME TIME IN YOUR LIFE TO BE FREE AND HAVE FUN!

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Bali Photographs

I would love to turn you on to Bali!

To acquire one of these images, please go to Print Information for price and size information. Then use the Contact Page to message me and I’ll ship you a fine print.

 Burning Cremation Mask, Ubud

Burning Cremation Mask, Ubud

Figure in the Mist with Banyan Tree
Figure in the Mist with Banyan Tree
Grandmother Praying at a Baby Ground Touching Ceremony
Grandmother Praying at a Baby Ground Touching Ceremony
Priest Ringing Bell (to summon gods) at Baby Ground Touching Ceremony
Priest Ringing Bell (to summon gods) at Baby Ground Touching Ceremony
aMen Carrying Rice Through Banyan Tree Arch
aMen Carrying Rice Through Banyan Tree Arch
Prayers at Forest Ceremony
Prayers at Forest Ceremony
Figures for a Cremation Ceremony
Figures for a Cremation Ceremony
Burning Cremation Tower
Burning Cremation Tower
 Giant Burning Cremation Tower for Ubud Prince

Giant Burning Cremation Tower for Ubud Prince

 Dyed Rice Paste Wedding Decoration

Dyed Rice Paste Wedding Decoration

A Group of Offerings at a Temple
A Group of Offerings at a Temple
Uluwatu Temple
Uluwatu Temple
Gunung Kawi Temple
Gunung Kawi Temple

Gunung Kawi Temple is an 11th-century temple and funerary complex in Tampaksiring

An Offering with Shallots and Chiles at the Ubud Market
An Offering with Shallots and Chiles at the Ubud Market
Procession of Offerings
Procession of Offerings
Decorated Figure of Rangda- the demon queen.
Decorated Figure of Rangda- the demon queen.
Permanku Temple Priest
Permanku Temple Priest
 Çudamani Dancer at a village performance
Çudamani Dancer at a village performance
Prayers at a ground-touching ceremony.
Prayers at a ground-touching ceremony.
 Çudamani Dancer with long fingernails.

Çudamani Dancer with long fingernails.

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Point Reyes Photographs - Black and White

Point Reyes photographs by Richard Blair. Most of these images were shot on film with a large format camera, which gives them extreme sharpness and smooth graduations of tone.

He was hired as park photographer for Yosemite Valley by the National Park Service. This led to an exposure to fine black and white techniques from masters of black and white printing, notably Ansel Adams. Blair is green-red color blind, which perhaps is an advantage for black and white imaging.

These photographs of Point Reyes and the northern California coast, are a homage to the tradition of conservation images. Carleton Watkins stunning albumen prints led to the creation of Yosemite National Park.

To acquire one of these images, please go to Print Information for price and size information. Then use the Contact Page to message me and I’ll ship you a fine print.

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Point Reyes Headlands, Stormy Weather
Point Reyes Headlands, Stormy Weather

Photographed from near the trail to Chimney Rock, this is perhaps the most dramatic viewpoint in the Seashore. It was photographed on film with a Mamiya camera with a red filter, which darkens the sky.

Wave Breaking , Point Bonita; with San Francisco Beyond.
Wave Breaking , Point Bonita; with San Francisco Beyond.

This photograph was exposed on 4x5” film. Point Bonita is the northern corner of the Golden Gate, the outlet of San Francisco Bay. Big waves from the Pacific break here, especially during outgoing tides. The Pt. Bonita lighthouse warns sailors of the dangers here.

Clayton and Joe Cast the Net, Tomales Bay
Clayton and Joe Cast the Net, Tomales Bay

Clayton Lewis and Joe Slattery were fishing for perch. When they got a big haul , the fish were sold in Chinatown, S.F. to make fish stock. That morning they were unsuccessful. Richard says : “I was the only one to catch anything that day”.

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Blair-American Icons

All this work was recently scanned from a collection of slides going back to my first roll of color film. Now I do this with a highest resolution Canon camera, a 100mm close-up lens, a light table, a powerful studio flash, connected to my mac with a cable. Now I can get a great files to print - I am very proud of this setup.

Dude in his Mustang c.1976
Dude in his Mustang c.1976
Mary Ann in Flag Truck, Berkely Marina
Mary Ann in Flag Truck, Berkely Marina

Her boyfriend was abusive.

Slot Machine, , Jacksonville, Florida
Slot Machine, , Jacksonville, Florida
Freak Show, Jacksonville, Florida
Freak Show, Jacksonville, Florida
Amusement Park Lights, Jacksonville, Florida
Amusement Park Lights, Jacksonville, Florida
Spinning Skydiver, Jacksonville, Florida
Spinning Skydiver, Jacksonville, Florida
Teen and Whirling Ride, Jacksonville, Florida
Teen and Whirling Ride, Jacksonville, Florida
Spinning Ride 2, Jacksonville, Florida
Spinning Ride 2, Jacksonville, Florida
Corn dogs, Jacksonville, Florida
Corn dogs, Jacksonville, Florida
Carousel, Jacksonville, Florida
Carousel, Jacksonville, Florida
Carousel and Food truck, Jacksonville, Florida
Carousel and Food truck, Jacksonville, Florida
Boy Tubing, Salt Lake City, c.1970
Boy Tubing, Salt Lake City, c.1970
Building with Water Tanks, NYC
Building with Water Tanks, NYC
Thunderstorm landscape, near Mesa Verde
Thunderstorm landscape, near Mesa Verde
Two-Timer and Friends (Before the Prom) c. 2005
Two-Timer and Friends (Before the Prom) c. 2005
Angry and hurt Hitchhiker We Picked Up c. 1972
Angry and hurt Hitchhiker We Picked Up c. 1972

Blair-West Coast Sixties

Some of Blair’s most interesting images are of the sixties, an amazing era. He was part of the explosion of hippie culture; note how it contrasts with older (iconic) lifestyles brought forth from the fifties. Please view the New York 1969 photographs found on the website to contrast with these images. The east and west coast were so different - the cultural shift caused by the population explosion of baby boomers coming of age was felt more in California. The west is less entrenched, more adrift in the culture wars which determine how we live and think.

Please enjoy!

To acquire one of these images, please call go to Print Information for price and size information. Then use the Contact Page to message me and I’ll ship you a fine print.

Here is a pdf book of of my street photos you can download via this link.

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Blinded by the Light, Telegraph Ave., Berkeley
Blinded by the Light, Telegraph Ave., Berkeley
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Photographs of Banff and Jasper National Parks

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