Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon
2004
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.8 × 15.2 cm (9 × 6 in.) sheet: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 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
2012.70.74
Art Historical Context
Robert Adams's *Neahkahnie, Oregon* (2004) captures the rugged beauty of Oregon's coastal landscape in a classic gelatin silver print, a medium Adams favored for its rich tonal gradations and tactile depth. Measuring 22.8 × 15.2 cm, this intimate black-and-white photograph exemplifies the artist's lifelong exploration of the American West, where natural vistas often intersect with subtle signs of human presence. Adams, a pivotal figure in the New Topographics movement of the 1970s, approached landscapes not as pristine idylls but as evolving spaces shaped by development, inviting viewers to re...
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...