Photo Gallery: Yosemite mural unveiled at John Muir Middle School
Principal Dr. Greg Miller enthusiastically talks about the mural at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor, that once looked like a freeway underpass, at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
John Muir Middle School unveiled a mural of Yosemite Valley on Monday, which also marked the birthday of the school’s namesake on April 21, 1838.The mural depicts images of Yosemite Valley once captured by legendary photographer Ansel Adams.
Artist Randall Williams, with an image of Ansel Adams on a car taking a photograph behind him, talks about his one-time, three-hour conversation he had with the renounded photographer only to walk away and not know it was him, at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Phoebe Kellogg, 12, dressed as John Muir, listens to the program at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Kellogg, though she was the only contesant, won the John Muir look-alike contest. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ansel Adams is seen on the left on top of his car taking a picture of Yosemite on only one-third of the length of the Yosemite mural at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams at Yosemite on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Shot with the iPhone panorama feature) (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Hundreds of John Muir Middle school students attended the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Photographer Andre Murray stands within the mural as he takes photos of the event at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Choir teacher Lydia Lee directs the choir in singing “God Bless America” at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Chorus members Pledge Allegiance to the Flag at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A painted portrait of adventurer John Muir is on the wall at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
John Muir Middle Schools Fatima Morales smiles as she is introduced as instrumental to the success of the mural at the unveiling of a 5,400-square-foot mural depicting Yosemite scenics similar to the photography of Ansel Adams on a corridor wall at John Muir Middle School in Burbank on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Morales helped coordinate art students to help with the project. The mural, created by artist Randall Williams, took between 3 and 4 weeks with the help of students at the school. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)