Golden Gate Bridge, Twilight, from Fort Baker
Alan Ross, Golden Gate Bridge, Twilight, from Fort Baker, 1989, gelatin silver print, Bequest of Fae Heath Batten, © unknown, research required, 1997.58.118
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Golden Gate Bridge, Twilight, from Fort Baker
- Artist
- Date
1989
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 14 in x 17 7/8 in; sheet: 16 in x 19 3/4 in
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Bequest of Fae Heath Batten
- Accession Number
1997.58.118
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Between 1974 and 1979, Alan Ross served as a darkroom assistant to the iconic American photographer Ansel Adams. Though highly influenced by his close relationship with Adams, Ross maintains his own landscape vision. Golden Gate Bridge, Twilight, from Fort Baker, which returns to the setting of Adams’ 1932 photograph Golden Gate before the Bridge (also on view in this gallery), exemplifies Ross’s reverence for and independence from his mentor. Both photographs present a harmonious attention to lighting, but while Adams emphasizes the sublime and untouched landscape, Ross accentuates the majesty and strength of modern engineering.
- Exhibitions
2011 One Woman’s Legacy: Selections from the Fae Heath Batten Photography Bequest Portland Art Museum
