Robert Adams

(American, born 1937)

Robert Adams is an American photographer best known for his images of the American West. Offering solemn meditations on the landscapes of California, Colorado, and Oregon, Adams’s black-and-white photos document the changes wrought by humans upon nature. “By Interstate 70: a dog skeleton, a vacuum cleaner, TV dinners, a doll, a pie, rolls of carpet. Later, next to the South Platte River: algae, broken concrete, jet contrails, the smell of crude oil,” he wrote. “What I hope to document, though not at the expense of surface detail, is the form that underlies this apparent chaos.” Born on May 8, 1937 in Orange, NJ, his family moved around the Midwest throughout his childhood, finally settling in Wheat Ridge, CO in 1952. Adams went on to study English at the University of Redlands and received his PhD in English from the University of Southern California in 1965. It wasn’t until the near completion of his dissertation for USC that Adams began to take photography seriously, learning techniques from professional photographer Myron Wood and reading Aperture magazine. In the 1970s, he was released the book The New West (1974), and a year later was included in the seminal exhibition “New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape.” Adams has twice been the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and once the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Adams lives and works in Astoria, OR. Today, his works can be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

Robert Adams Artworks

Robert Adams (438 results)

Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, 1984

Robert Adams

Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, 1984

Sale Date: April 9, 2014

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Denver, Colorado, 1973

Robert Adams

Denver, Colorado, 1973

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Firebreak above East Highlands, California, 1982

Robert Adams

Firebreak above East Highlands, California, 1982

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Bulldozed slash, Tillamook County,..., 1976–1977

Robert Adams

Bulldozed slash, Tillamook County,..., 1976–1977

Sale Date: December 15, 2013

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Cottonwood, edge of development, Longmont,..., 1984

Robert Adams

Cottonwood, edge of development, Longmont,..., 1984

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

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New housing, Boulder County, Colorado, 1980

Robert Adams

New housing, Boulder County, Colorado, 1980

Sale Date: October 1, 2013

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Longmont, Colorado (B), 1980

Robert Adams

Longmont, Colorado (B), 1980

Sale Date: October 1, 2013

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Colorado Springs, 1968–1972

Robert Adams

Colorado Springs, 1968–1972

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Jefferson County, Colorado, 1968–1971

Robert Adams

Jefferson County, Colorado, 1968–1971

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Denver, colorado, 1973

Robert Adams

Denver, colorado, 1973

Sale Date: May 13, 2013

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The Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean,..., 1991

Robert Adams

The Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean,..., 1991

Sale Date: May 29, 2013

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Lakewood, Colorado, 1975

Robert Adams

Lakewood, Colorado, 1975

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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North of Broomfield, Colorado, 1973

Robert Adams

North of Broomfield, Colorado, 1973

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Cottonwood, edge of development, Longmont,..., 1984

Robert Adams

Cottonwood, edge of development, Longmont,..., 1984

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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Next Ilo, Redlands, California, 1982

Robert Adams

Next Ilo, Redlands, California, 1982

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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Dead palms, partially uprooted, Ontario,..., 1983

Robert Adams

Dead palms, partially uprooted, Ontario,..., 1983

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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New Housing, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1968–1971

Robert Adams

New Housing, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1968–1971

Sale Date: April 3, 2013

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Summer Nights (Longmont, Colorado), 1985

Robert Adams

Summer Nights (Longmont, Colorado), 1985

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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Edge of San Timoteo Canyon, San Bernardino..., 1979

Robert Adams

Edge of San Timoteo Canyon, San Bernardino..., 1979

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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Southwest from the South Jetty, Clatsgo , 1990–1995

Robert Adams

Southwest from the South Jetty, Clatsgo , 1990–1995

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Sally, the Pawnee Grassland, Colorado (Weld..., 1984

Robert Adams

Sally, the Pawnee Grassland, Colorado (Weld..., 1984

Sale Date: October 3, 2012

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Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1969

Robert Adams

Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1969

Sale Date: October 4, 2012

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Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs and the Highway , 1970

Robert Adams

Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs and the Highway , 1970

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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Quarry Roads, Fremont Peak, Fremont County,..., 1979

Robert Adams

Quarry Roads, Fremont Peak, Fremont County,..., 1979

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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