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We’ve asked members of the Getty community to share short, personal reflections on works of art they’re thinking about right now. These recordings feature stories related to our daily lives.

This week, metadata specialist Kelly Davis longs for a hike in the Sierras as she views an 1871 photograph by Timothy O’Sullivan. To learn more about this work, visit: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/40204/.

A sepia-toned black and white image with tall mountains in the back ground and a lake in the midground. There are pine trees on the right of the lake. The foreground is rocky.

Alpine Lake, in the Sierra Nevada, California, 1871, Timothy H. O’Sullivan. Albumen silver print, 7 15/16 × 10 13/16 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 84.XM.484.5. Digital image courtesy of Getty’s Open Content Program

Listen to the full series of short reflections here.

JAMES CUNO: Hi, I’m Jim Cuno, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust. We’ve asked members of the Getty community to share short, personal reflections on works of art they’re thinking about right now. This week Kelly Davis discusses a Timothy O’Sullivan photograph.
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