Port, Adriatic, Italy
1952
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 11.7 x 14.9 cm (4 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Southwestern Bell Corporation Paul Strand Collection
Accession Number
1991.216.45
Art Historical Context
**Port, Adriatic, Italy (1952)** by Paul Strand invites visitors to savor the quiet poetry of a Mediterranean harbor through the lens of one of America's pioneering modernist photographers. Captured during Strand's travels in Italy late in his career, this intimate gelatin silver print—measuring just 11. x 14.9 cm—evokes the rugged beauty of the Adriatic coast, blending everyday maritime life with geometric forms and rich textures that defined his signature straight photography style. Strand a key figure in early 20th-century modernism influenced by Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession, champio...
About the Artist
Paul Strand
Paul Strand (1890–1976), born Nathaniel Paul Stransky in Brooklyn, New York, to Bohemian immigrant parents Jacob and Matilda Stransky, discovered photography at age twelve with a camera gifted by his father. Enrolled at the progressive Ethical Culture Fieldston School, he studied under documentary photographer Lewis W. Hine and critic Charles Caffin from 1904 to 1909, where Hine instilled a commit...