Discussion Questions
Yosemite Falls, View from the Bottom, Yosemite
Carleton E. Watkins
May 2017
Carleton E. Watkins, Yosemite Falls, View from the Bottom, Yosemite, ca. 1878; gift of Helen and Charles Schwab through The Art Supporting Foundation
- Look at this photograph for a moment. What is the first thing you noticed about it? Why do you think you noticed what you did?
- How would you describe this photograph to someone who couldn’t see it?
- Where was the photographer standing to take this photograph? What is the effect of this point of view?
- If you could put yourself into this landscape, where would you stand? Why?
- What would it be like to be standing there? What would you hear? Smell? What would the environment feel like?
- If you have ever been to Yosemite or seen a waterfall, how does this photograph compare to your experience?
