Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon
2004
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.8 × 15.3 cm (9 × 6 in.) sheet: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams
Accession Number
2012.70.72
Art Historical Context
Robert Adams's *Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon* (2004) captures the rugged beauty of Oregon's coastal landscape in a intimate gelatin silver print. Adams, a leading figure in contemporary landscape photography, is celebrated for his measured observations of the American West, often blending natural grandeur with subtle signs of human presence. This, with its modest dimensions—image at 22.8 × 15.3 cm (9 × 6 in.) on a sheet of 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)—invites close contemplation of the mountain's contours against the horizon, evoking a quiet reverence for the Pacific Northwest's wild ...
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...