Cape Meares, Oregon
1960
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 11.4 × 9.25 cm (4 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.) mount: 25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sharon Keim)
Accession Number
2015.19.5078.14
Art Historical Context
**Cape Meares, Oregon (1960) is a captivating gelatin silver print by Minor White, a pivotal figure mid-20th-century American photography. Captured along the rugged Oregon coast, this intimate image—measuring just 11. × 9.25 cm—invites viewers into a meditative seascape, where White's masterful use of light and form transforms natural elements into something profoundly evocative. Now part of the National Gallery of Art's Coran Collection (Gift of Keim), it exemplifies's tenure as a leading innovator during a time when photography was gaining prominence as fine art. White, influenced by Ansel ...
About the Artist
Minor White
Minor White (1908–1976) was an American photographer, editor, and educator who became one of the most influential figures in postwar American art photography. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he studied botany and English at the University of Minnesota before turning to photography in the late 1930s, working for the WPA and the Portland Art Museum. After serving in World War II, White studied at C...