Nehalem Spit, Tillamook County, Oregon
early 2000s, printed 2009
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15 × 22.4 cm (5 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.) sheet: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 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
2012.70.168
Art Historical Context
Robert Adams' *Nehalem Spit, Tillamook County, Oregon (early 2000s, printed 2009) captures the stark beauty of the Oregon coastline in a gelatin silver print, a classic black-and-white photographic process prized for its rich tonal gradations and fine detail. This intimate image, measuring just 15 × 22.4 cm, invites viewers to contemplate the interplay of natural dunes, ocean waves, and subtle human traces along Nehalem Spit—a dynamic barrier beach in Tillamook County known for its shifting sands and ecological significance. Adams, a pivotal figure in contemporary landscape photography and th...
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...