From the South Jetty, Clatsop County, Oregon C 1990

Robert Adams made this gelatin silver print, "From the South Jetty, Clatsop County, Oregon C," with light, silver, and paper. Imagine him out there, the Oregon mist kissing his face, trying to capture not just the sea but the feeling of being near it. It reminds me of those quiet, gray days where the world seems to whisper. The waves aren't crashing, they're just... existing. You can almost feel the dampness in the air, the kind that seeps into your bones. This isn't a postcard view; it's something more intimate, like a secret shared between the photographer and the ocean. Adams' photo is a conversation, a way of seeing that makes you slow down and notice the beauty in the mundane. I think he sees the ghost of painting here, that grayness. It reminds me of the work of other artists, he is speaking their language, too.