The Sea Beach
2015
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.5 × 28.4 cm (8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.) sheet: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Accession Number
2020.29.36
Art Historical Context
Robert Adams's *The Sea Beach* (2015) captures the quiet poetry of the coastal landscape in a pristine gelatin silver print, a medium celebrated for its rich tonal gradations and enduring archival quality. Measuring 22.5 × 28.4 cm in its image area, this intimate-scale photograph invites close contemplation, evoking the tactile presence of traditional darkroom printing in an era dominated by digital imagery. A leading figure in contemporary American photography Adams (b. 1937) is renowned for his unflinching yet lyrical depictions of the natural world altered by human presence, aligning with ...
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...