Refugio Beach, California

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Refugio Beach, California

Artist Ansel Easton Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Datec. 1938, printed 1971

Dimensionsimage: 10 11/16 x 13 11/16 in. (27.1 x 34.8 cm)
mount: 13 11/16 x 17 11/16 in. (34.8 x 44.9 cm)

MediumGelatin-silver print

ClassificationPhotographs

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by an anonymous donor

Object number

1971.171

Not on View

Label TextThe photography of subjects that include movement, as in surf on a beach, requires luck and patience. As Ansel Adams wrote, “In subjects of this type there are many flowing, intertwining lines and surges of white and gray; the photographer must be alert to the combinations confronting him, and must try to anticipate the position of these moving shapes in time.” The photography of subjects that include movement, as in surf on a beach, requires luck and patience. Ansel Adams wrote: In subjects of this type there are many flowing, intertwining lines and surges of white and gray; the photographer must be alert to the combinations confronting him, and must try to anticipate the position of these moving shapes in time.Exhibition History"In Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West" October 1999 - January 2001.

Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Fl. 1999-01.

Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH. 1999-01.

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine. 1999-01.

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C. 1999-01.

Toledo Museum of Art, Refraction/Reflection, April 20-September 2, 2012.