Sea Fog, The Mid North Atlantic Ocean
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 69.85 × 101.6 cm (27 1/2 × 40 in.) mount: 101.6 × 137.16 cm (40 × 54 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lannan Foundation
Accession Number
2024.94.5
Art Historical Context
Thomas Joshua Cooper's *Sea Fog, The Mid North Atlantic Ocean (2004) captures sublime mystery of the open sea, where swirling fog envelops the vast expanse of the Mid North Atlantic This gelatin silver print, nearly 70 x 102 cm on its image alone, invites viewers into a meditative encounter with nature's elemental forces. Cooper, a Scottish-born photographer renowned for his large-scale black-and-white seascapes, often ventures to remote oceanic frontiers, emphasizing the interplay of light, water, and atmosphere to evoke a sense of timeless grandeur reminiscent of Romantic traditions. The ge...