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.

Black and white photograph of the front of a suburban home at night, with two chairs on the front porch and the home interior visible through the window.
Black-and-white photograph of two illuminated metal poles at night
Black-and-white photograph of trees and a road at night.
Black-and-white photograph of city lights in the distance at night
Black-and-white photograph of distant town lights and mountains at night
Black and white photographer of a tree and electrical pole at night
Black and white photograph of lawn with power lines and streetlight at night
Black and white photograph of construction lights on at night in distance
Black and white photograph of overgrown weed on side of road taken at night
Black-and-white photograph of an overgrown tree and sidewalk at night
Black and white photograph of tree amongst buildings and homes at night
Black and white photograph of trees at night, moving in the wind, with city lights in the far distance.
Black-and-white photograph of rock formations and telephone lines at night
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