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In this expansive monograph, Robert Adams’ compelling and provocative photographs explore the profound questions of our responsibility to the land and the moral dilemmas of progress.
Working in Colorado, California, and Oregon from 1965 to 2015, Adams photographed suburban sprawl, strip malls, highways, homes, and the land itself, seeking to reveal both the ravages we have inflicted on the land and its underlying, enduring beauty. His photographs of the western American landscape are imbued with a sense of the sacred. Adams transforms “the silence of light” he sees on the prairie, in the woods, and by the ocean into pictures that not only capture that beauty but can also question our own silent complicity in its desecration by consumerism, industrialization, and the lack of environmental stewardship. This substantial body of work passionate but restrained, respectful but outraged is united by the reverential way Adams looks at the world around him, and the almost palpable silence that permeates his art.
Working in Colorado, California, and Oregon from 1965 to 2015, Adams photographed suburban sprawl, strip malls, highways, homes, and the land itself, seeking to reveal both the ravages we have inflicted on the land and its underlying, enduring beauty. His photographs of the western American landscape are imbued with a sense of the sacred. Adams transforms “the silence of light” he sees on the prairie, in the woods, and by the ocean into pictures that not only capture that beauty but can also question our own silent complicity in its desecration by consumerism, industrialization, and the lack of environmental stewardship. This substantial body of work passionate but restrained, respectful but outraged is united by the reverential way Adams looks at the world around him, and the almost palpable silence that permeates his art.
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Publisher : Aperture
2021
Format: Hardback
304 pages, 175 photos
dimensions : 24 x 29 cm
2021
Format: Hardback
304 pages, 175 photos
dimensions : 24 x 29 cm
about Robert Adams
Robert Adams (born in Orange, New Jersey, 1937) has documented the American West in photographs that “face the facts” of humanity’s imprint, yet offer hope of nature’s resilience. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and two Guggenheim Fellowships, he is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Adams’ work has been shown widely, including in major exhibitions at the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Publisher : Aperture
2021 (1st edition)
Format: Hardback
304 pages, 175 photos
dimensions : 24 x 29 cm
2021 (1st edition)
Format: Hardback
304 pages, 175 photos
dimensions : 24 x 29 cm