Robert Adams: California
These images from the Los Angeles Basin explore social and ecological disintegration, while insisting on a persistent strength of nature—that of the land and our own—as a reason for hope.

Robert Adams, Eucalyptus, Fontana, California, 1982
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert Adams, Broken trees, near Box Springs Mountains, east of Riverside, California, 1982
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert Adams, Looking into the San Bernardino Mountains from east of Mentone, California, 1982
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert Adams, Century plant, near Ontario, California, 1983
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert Adams, Looking Toward Los Angeles, Northeast of Riverside, California, ca. 1983
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert Adams, Interstate 10, east edge of Redlands, California, 1982
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert Adams, On top of one of the La Loma Hills, Colton, California, 1983
gelatin silver print, 15-1/2 x 14 inches (mount) [31.4 x 35.6 cm]

Robert Adams, Redlands, California, 1983
gelatin silver print, 9-3/4 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet) [24.8 x 35.2 cm]

Robert Adams, Redlands, California, 1982
gelatin silver print, 14 x 15-1/2 inches

Robert Adams, Dead palms, partially uprooted, Ontario, California, 1983
gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches (sheet) [40.6 x 50.8 cm]

Robert Adams, Eucalyptus alley, Riverside, California, 1978
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Robert AdamsEucalyptus, Fontana, California
1982
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert AdamsBroken trees, near Box Springs Mountains, east of Riverside, California
1982
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert AdamsLooking into the San Bernardino Mountains from east of Mentone, California
1982
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert AdamsCentury plant, near Ontario, California
1983
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert AdamsLooking Toward Los Angeles, Northeast of Riverside, California
ca. 1983
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert AdamsInterstate 10, east edge of Redlands, California
1982
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Robert AdamsOn top of one of the La Loma Hills, Colton, California
1983
gelatin silver print, 15-1/2 x 14 inches (mount) [31.4 x 35.6 cm]

Robert AdamsRedlands, California
1983
gelatin silver print, 9-3/4 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet) [24.8 x 35.2 cm]

Robert AdamsRedlands, California
1982
gelatin silver print, 14 x 15-1/2 inches

Robert AdamsDead palms, partially uprooted, Ontario, California
1983
gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches (sheet) [40.6 x 50.8 cm]

Robert AdamsEucalyptus alley, Riverside, California
1978
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]