The ordinary mountains of South Dakota in 1922 before they became Mount Rushmore
While many artists get inspired by nature to paint breath-taking sceneries, it’s a less common sight to see an artist using a pristine, natural location as their work canvas. How does one sculpt a face into a granite mountain? You’ve surely heard about this next monument, but let’s take a moment to consider the expertise required to make it come true.
The first picture was taken in 1922 in Keystone, South Dakota, before the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln were carved into the rocks. What was then an ordinary rock mountain is now a historical monument that attracts more than 2 million visitors per year.