Dale McCormick
1992
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 31.1 × 45.7 cm (12 1/4 × 18 in.) sheet: 40.3 × 50.8 cm (15 7/8 × 20 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Nancy Andrews and Annie O'Neill
Accession Number
2022.122.37
Art Historical Context
Nancy Andrews' *Dale McCormick* (2) is a compelling gelatin silver print portrait, measuring 31.1 × 45.7 cm in its image area. This traditional black-and-white photographic medium, popular through much of the 20th, relies on light-sensitive silver halide crystals suspended in gelatin emulsion. The result is renowned for its exceptional tonal range, from deep blacks to luminous highlights, and fine-grained detail that captures subtle textures and expressions—qualities that make it ideal for intimate portraiture. Created at the cusp of the digital photography revolution, the work reflects the e...
About the Artist
Nancy Andrews
Nancy Evelyn Andrews is an American artist and filmmaker whose inventive hybrid works — weaving together animation, puppetry, live-action narrative, documentary, music, and handmade props — have earned her a place among the most original voices in contemporary experimental cinema. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1983 and a Master of Fine Arts at th...