Artwork copyright Goodwin Harding. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Goodwin Harding. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Haystack Rock, Pacific City, 1981

Goodwin Harding
American (born 1947)

Location: Office of the Washington State Auditor, Olympia

About the Artwork

Artist Goodwin Harding captured the photograph Haystack Rock, Pacific City on the Oregon Coast. He used a platinum/palladium method to print the image. This process gives the photograph its warm, rich tones and range of light and shadow. Haystack Rock is an example of a “sea stack” landform shaped by waves and wind.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Office of the Washington State Auditor.

About the Artist

Oregon-based artist Goodwin Harding takes landscape, portrait, and documentary photographs. Many of his images capture the Oregon Coast, where he has lived since 1970.
Harding received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He studied with photographer Minor White at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.