The Sea Beach
2015
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.23 × 28.58 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.) sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Accession Number
2020.29.26
Art Historical Context
Robert Adams's *The Sea Beach* (2015) is a striking gelatin silver print, measuring 22.23 × 28.58 cm (image) on a 27.94 × 35.56 cm sheet, now housed in the National Gallery of Art's Department of Photographs (CPH). This work exemplifies Adams's mastery of black-and-white photography, a medium he has championed for its rich tonal gradations and tactile depth, achieved through traditional darkroom processes. Donated as a gift from Stephen G. Stein, it joins a distinguished collection celebrating the genre's evolution. A pivotal figure in contemporary landscape photography, Adams is associated w...
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...