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Robert AdamsPrairie

These quiet and poignant photographs of the American Prairie and its inhabitants describe a humble perseverance, and a reason for hope.

A black and white photograph of a road, with sky in the first half of the photograph. A telephone pole is in the center left — Robert Adams, Near Peyton, Colorado, 1968

gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]

A black and white photograph of a train car, a windowless structure, and silos against a brightly lit sky and telephone wires. — Robert Adams, Stoneham, Colorado, 1966

gelatin silver print, 14 x 15-1/2 inches (mount) [35.6 x 39.4 cm]

A black and white photograph of a small town with dirt roads, simple wooden buildings, a large tree in the left portion of image, and bright cloudy sky. — Robert Adams, Blanca, Colorado, 1967

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

A black and white photograph of two children looking out the rear window of a beat up early 1950's Ford pick up truck. — Robert Adams, Boys in a pickup. Simla, Colorado, 1970

gelatin silver print, 6-3/8 x 6-3/8 inches (sheet) [16.2 x 16.2 cm]

A black and white photograph of a rural building with storage tanks and a single tree, and telephone wires and scattered clouds in the sky. — Robert Adams, Thurman, Colorado, 1969

gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

A black and white photograph with trees, a wire fence, a tricycle at the left side of the image, a wagon at the right side of the image and a barn in the background. — Robert Adams, Farmyard. South of Arriba, Colorado, 1969

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

A black and white photograph of empty fairgrounds with a water tank in the distance and a brightly lit clear sky. — Robert Adams, El Paso County Fairgrounds. Calhan, Colorado, 1968

gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

A vertical black and white photograph of an old wooden church with trees at each side and a cloudy sky. — Robert Adams, Catholic church, summer. Ramah, Colorado, 1965

gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]

A vertical black and white photograph of an old wooden church with trees at each side and a clear bright sky. — Robert Adams, Catholic church, winter. Ramah, Colorado, 1965-6

gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]

A black and white photograph of a playground with teeter totters, a slide, and a telephone pole with wires. A wooden structure in the background against a bright clear sky. — Robert Adams, Schoolyard, Ramah, Colorado, 1968

gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

An empty stage with multiple framed photographs of graduating students, a curtain at the left side of the image and single wooden folding chair at right side of the image. — Robert Adams, Pictures of graduating classes, on a stage at the endof a gymnasium in a consolidated school (closed),New Raymer, Weld County, Colorado, 1970

gelatin silver print, 15-1/2 x 14 inches (mount) [31.4 x 35.6 cm]

A black and white photograph of a road, with sky in the first half of the photograph. A telephone pole is in the center left

Robert AdamsNear Peyton, Colorado

1968

gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]

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A black and white photograph of a train car, a windowless structure, and silos against a brightly lit sky and telephone wires.

Robert AdamsStoneham, Colorado

1966

gelatin silver print, 14 x 15-1/2 inches (mount) [35.6 x 39.4 cm]

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A black and white photograph of a small town with dirt roads, simple wooden buildings, a large tree in the left portion of image, and bright cloudy sky.

Robert AdamsBlanca, Colorado

1967

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

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A black and white photograph of two children looking out the rear window of a beat up early 1950's Ford pick up truck.

Robert AdamsBoys in a pickup. Simla, Colorado

1970

gelatin silver print, 6-3/8 x 6-3/8 inches (sheet) [16.2 x 16.2 cm]

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A black and white photograph of a rural building with storage tanks and a single tree, and telephone wires and scattered clouds in the sky.

Robert AdamsThurman, Colorado

1969

gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

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A black and white photograph with trees, a wire fence, a tricycle at the left side of the image, a wagon at the right side of the image and a barn in the background.

Robert AdamsFarmyard. South of Arriba, Colorado

1969

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

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A black and white photograph of empty fairgrounds with a water tank in the distance and a brightly lit clear sky.

Robert AdamsEl Paso County Fairgrounds. Calhan, Colorado

1968

gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

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A vertical black and white photograph of an old wooden church with trees at each side and a cloudy sky.

Robert AdamsCatholic church, summer. Ramah, Colorado

1965

gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]

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A vertical black and white photograph of an old wooden church with trees at each side and a clear bright sky.

Robert AdamsCatholic church, winter. Ramah, Colorado

1965-6

gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]

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A black and white photograph of a playground with teeter totters, a slide, and a telephone pole with wires. A wooden structure in the background against a bright clear sky.

Robert AdamsSchoolyard, Ramah, Colorado

1968

gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

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An empty stage with multiple framed photographs of graduating students, a curtain at the left side of the image and single wooden folding chair at right side of the image.

Robert AdamsPictures of graduating classes, on a stage at the endof a gymnasium in a consolidated school (closed),New Raymer, Weld County, Colorado

1970

gelatin silver print, 15-1/2 x 14 inches (mount) [31.4 x 35.6 cm]

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