The Sea Beach
2015
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.7 × 28.9 cm (8 15/16 × 11 3/8 in.) sheet: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Accession Number
2020.29.38
Art Historical Context
**The Sea Beach**, a captivating gelatin silver print by American photographer Robert Adams from 2015, invites visitors to contemplate the timeless meeting of sea and shore. Measuring 22.7 × 28.9 cm, this intimate-scale image exemplifies Adams' mastery of black-and-white photography, rendered through the classic gelatin silver process—a technique prized for its rich tonal gradations and subtle textures that mimic the nuanced play of light on water and sand. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Department of Photographs (CPH), it was generously gifted by Stephen G. Stein, underscoring its pl...
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...