William Edward Dassonville

American Photographer · 1879–1957

13 works on LinkedCulture

"Whether photography is or is not an art is no longer in question. It is," declared William Dassonville in 1902 at one of his lectures on photography as a fine art. He ran a commercial portrait studio in San Francisco, making landscapes as his artistic expression. In 1904 Dassonville became secretary of the California Camera Club, then the world's largest amateur photographer's organization, and a

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Works

[Beach Grass]

[Beach Grass]

Getty Museum · about 1920

[Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley]

[Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley]

Getty Museum · 1906

[Half Dome and Clouds, Merced River, Yosemite Valley]

[Half Dome and Clouds, Merced River, Yosemite Valley]

Getty Museum · 1906

[Morning, Half Dome, Yosemite Valley]

[Morning, Half Dome, Yosemite Valley]

Getty Museum · 1906

[Pine Branches with Pine Cones and Puffy, White Clouds, Yosemite Valley, California]

[Pine Branches with Pine Cones and Puffy, White Clouds, Yosemite Valley, California]

Getty Museum · 1906

Untitled [Trees near Sacramento]

Untitled [Trees near Sacramento]

Getty Museum · about 1900

[Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley]

[Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley]

Getty Museum · 1906

[View of Half Dome with Lone Pine Tree, Yosemite Valley, California]

[View of Half Dome with Lone Pine Tree, Yosemite Valley, California]

Getty Museum · 1906

[View of Yosemite Valley with Marsh and Horses]

[View of Yosemite Valley with Marsh and Horses]

Getty Museum · 1906

[View of Yosemite Valley with Pine Trees]

[View of Yosemite Valley with Pine Trees]

Getty Museum · 1906

[View of Yosemite Valley with River]

[View of Yosemite Valley with River]

Getty Museum · 1906

[View of Yosemite Valley with Waterfall and River]

[View of Yosemite Valley with Waterfall and River]

Getty Museum · 1906

[Yosemite Falls, River View, Yosemite Valley]

[Yosemite Falls, River View, Yosemite Valley]

Getty Museum · 1906