Aids to Navigation. Beacons near Atlantic Entrance
June 1915
A gelatin silver print documenting small beacons at the Atlantic entrance, made to record how these utilitarian markers sit within the coastal landscape and guide navigation.
You first notice the close, white, lantern‑topped beacon with its closed wooden door dominating the left foreground, the rippling water leading your eye to a distant twin and a low, tree‑lined horizon under a pale sky.
Made in 1915, the photograph links documentary practice to maritime history by treating practical coastal aids as subjects, helping to preserve and standardize records of the infrastructure that made modern sea travel possible.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
7 1/8 × 9 1/2" (18.1 × 24.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Purchase
Accession
570.1971.136
Palette
Exhibitions
