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 of an empty street lined with businesses.
A black and white photograph overlooking a small town with mountains and clouds in the distance.
A black and white photograph of a billboard advertising Howard Johnson's against pine trees and a river in the foreground.
Black and white photograph of barren intersection with single building on the horizon
A black and white photograph of trees in an open field, with telephone lines running diagonally through the sky.
Black and white photograph of a stretch of road with businesses and homes leading to the mountains
A black and white photograph of a lone person digging with mountains in the background.
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