THE MORMON TABERNACLE

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA

Image Number 198

The great Tabernacle was established by Brigham Young after he led the Mormons to the Promised Land.  Only Mormons may enter.

The "Bee Hive House" was one of two official residences of Brigham Young who led the Mormons to Utah.  Young had two dozen wives and fathered fifty-seven children.  The Bee Hive house is full of his possessions, including his set of carpentry tools. He died in 1877.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Contax 645 Camera at ISO 200. Exposure of 1/180th second at F11.   55mm Zeiss lens.   The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.