Robert Adams: Pine Valley
Views of cottonwood trees and vistas in central Oregon. The artist writes, “In the high desert light the new trees reminded me of what originally brought me to photography—beauty. As simple as that.”
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Views of cottonwood trees and vistas in central Oregon. The artist writes, “In the high desert light the new trees reminded me of what originally brought me to photography—beauty. As simple as that.”
Views of cottonwood trees and vistas in central Oregon. The artist writes, “In the high desert light the new trees reminded me of what originally brought me to photography—beauty. As simple as that.”
Modest in size and painted in springlike hues with block-printing ink, these simplified compositions draw on the stillness and grandeur that Adams remembers from his time spent on the Colorado prairie.
In a seminal series of images representing the suburban Southwest, Adams shows the brutal squalor of suburban architecture and its effect on the landscape, as well as the hopeful aspects of nature that are beyond our impact.
A look at the man-made cityscape, abutted by the magnificent rise of the Rocky Mountains. “Many have asked, pointing incredulously toward a sweep of tract houses and billboards, why picture that?… One reason is…we need to improve things at home, and that to do it we have to see the facts without blinking.” – Robert Adams
These quiet and poignant photographs of the American Prairie and its inhabitants describe a humble perseverance, and a reason for hope.