Robert Adams: Summer Nights

In nighttime photographs made using only the available light of the moon, street lights, or the headlights of passing cars, the artist explores a melancholy peace and calm in a suburban Denver neighborhood.

A black and white photograph of an illuminated carnival ride at dusk against a cloudy sky.

Black-and-white photograph of city lights in the distance at night

Black-and-white photograph of two illuminated metal poles at night

A black and white photograph of a road through a canyon at night

Black-and-white photograph of distant town lights and mountains at night

Black-and-white photograph of trees and a road at night.

Black-and-white photograph of rock formations and telephone lines at night

Black-and-white photograph of an overgrown tree and sidewalk at night

Black and white photograph of trees at night, moving in the wind, with city lights in the far distance.

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Robert Adams: Summer Nights

Robert AdamsLongmont, Colorado

ca. 1979

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

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Robert AdamsDenver, Colorado

ca. 1980

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

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Robert AdamsWeld County, Colorado

1976

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

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Robert AdamsLarimer County, Colorado, 1 AM, moonlight

ca. 1981

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

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Robert AdamsNorth from Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado

ca. 1981

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

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Robert AdamsNiwot, Colorado

ca. 1980

gelatin silver print, 15-1/2 x 14 inches

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Robert AdamsCastle Rock, Colorado

ca. 1980

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

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Robert AdamsUntitled

ca. 1981

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.64 cm]

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Robert AdamsUntitled

1981

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

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Robert Adams: The New West

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Robert Adams: The New West

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 black and white photograph overlooking a small town with mountains and clouds in the distance. — Robert Adams, Golden, Colorado, 1969

gelatin silver print, 13 x 11 inches (mount) [33 x 27.9 cm]

A black and white photograph of a billboard advertising Howard Johnson's against pine trees and a river in the foreground. — Robert Adams, Clear Creek, near Idaho Springs, 1968-72

gelatin silver print, 13 x 11 inches (mount) [33 x 27.9 cm]

A black and white photograph of a bush and a guardrail on a freeway embankment. — Robert Adams, Along Interstate 25, 1970-72

gelatin silver print, 13 x 11 inches (mount) [33 x 27.9 cm]

A black and white photograph of trees in an open field, with telephone lines running diagonally through the sky. — Robert Adams, Grazing Land with Pines, near Falcon, Colorado, 1968-72

gelatin silver print, 13 x 11 inches (mount) [33 x 27.9 cm]

A black and white photograph of an empty gas station with a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the back ground. — Robert Adams, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1968-71

gelatin silver print, 13 x 11 inches (mount) [33 x 27.9 cm]