From the South Jetty, Clatsop County, Oregon C
1990
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 36.5 x 45.6 cm (14 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.) support: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2006.133.15
Art Historical Context
Robert Adams' *From the South Jetty Clatsop County, C* (1990) captures the rugged interplay between human engineering and the untamed Pacific coast. Printed as a gelatin silver print—a classic black-and-white photographic process prized for its rich tonal gradations and fine detail—this 36.5 x 45.6 cm image depicts the South Jetty in Clatsop County, Oregon. Adams, a leading figure in American landscape photography, explored the American West's transformation through subtle, unromanticized views, aligning with the New Topographics movement of the 1970s and beyond. Taken in 1990, the photograph...
About the Artist
Robert Adams · 1900–1900
Robert Adams, born Robert Hickman Adams on May 8, 1937, in Orange, New Jersey, grew up amid frequent relocations that shaped his deep affinity for the American landscape—from New Jersey to Madison, Wisconsin, and finally to Wheat Ridge, Colorado, in 1952.) Contracting polio at age 12, he recovered but retained a sensitivity to the environment that fueled his later work. After earning a B.A. in Eng...