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)

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

Robert Adams

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

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Fort collins, Colorado, 1976

Robert Adams

Fort collins, Colorado, 1976

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Berthoud, Colorado, 1979

Robert Adams

Berthoud, Colorado, 1979

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Concrete and ice, Missouri River, Clay..., 1977

Robert Adams

Concrete and ice, Missouri River, Clay..., 1977

Sale Date: April 24, 2007

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Eucalyptus wimbreats Rancho Cucamonga - Calif, 1985

Robert Adams

Eucalyptus wimbreats Rancho Cucamonga - Calif, 1985

Sale Date: December 12, 2006

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Denver, 1973

Robert Adams

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Doll's house village, Longmont, Colorado, 1973

Robert Adams

Doll's house village, Longmont, Colorado, 1973

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Outdoor theater (Colorado Springs), Current..., 1968

Robert Adams

Outdoor theater (Colorado Springs), Current..., 1968

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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North of Laporte, Colorado, 1977

Robert Adams

North of Laporte, Colorado, 1977

Sale Date: April 25, 2006

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Untitled, 1971

Robert Adams

Untitled, 1971

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Eucalyptus wimbreats Rancho Cucamonga - Calif., 1985

Robert Adams

Eucalyptus wimbreats Rancho Cucamonga - Calif., 1985

Sale Date: April 26, 2005

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Cottonwood no.2, 1981

Robert Adams

Cottonwood no.2, 1981

Sale Date: April 28, 2005

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Clear cut and burned, east of Arch Cape,..., 1976

Robert Adams

Clear cut and burned, east of Arch Cape,..., 1976

Sale Date: April 28, 2005

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Clear cut and burned, East of Arch Cape,..., 1976

Robert Adams

Clear cut and burned, East of Arch Cape,..., 1976

Sale Date: April 28, 2005

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Abandoned car, Carbon County, Wyoming, 1977

Robert Adams

Abandoned car, Carbon County, Wyoming, 1977

Sale Date: April 27, 2005

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Missouri River, Clay County, South Dakota, 1977

Robert Adams

Missouri River, Clay County, South Dakota, 1977

Sale Date: April 26, 2005

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Bulldozed slash, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1976–1977

Robert Adams

Bulldozed slash, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1976–1977

Sale Date: February 15, 2005

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Colorado Springs, 1974–1974

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Colorado Springs, 1974–1974

Sale Date: April 28, 2004

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Nebraska state highway 2, Box Bottle..., 1980–1980

Robert Adams

Nebraska state highway 2, Box Bottle..., 1980–1980

Sale Date: April 26, 2004

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Looking towards Los Angeles across San..., 1979–1980

Robert Adams

Looking towards Los Angeles across San..., 1979–1980

Sale Date: April 26, 2004

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Concrete and ice, Missouri River, Clay..., 1970–1979

Robert Adams

Concrete and ice, Missouri River, Clay..., 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 24, 2004

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Untitled, 1970–1970

Robert Adams

Untitled, 1970–1970

Sale Date: April 23, 2004

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Bulldozed slash, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1976–1977

Robert Adams

Bulldozed slash, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1976–1977

Sale Date: February 17, 2004

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Looking toward Los Angeles across San..., 1979–1980

Robert Adams

Looking toward Los Angeles across San..., 1979–1980

Sale Date: December 19, 2003

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