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)

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

Robert Adams

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

Sale Date: December 19, 2003

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Eroding edge of abandonned citrus..., 1985–1985

Robert Adams

Eroding edge of abandonned citrus..., 1985–1985

Sale Date: December 11, 2003

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Abandoned citrus trees, vacant lot,..., 1985–1985

Robert Adams

Abandoned citrus trees, vacant lot,..., 1985–1985

Sale Date: April 25, 2003

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Photographs

Robert Adams

Sale Date: April 25, 2003

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Summer night, Colorado, 1978–1978

Robert Adams

Summer night, Colorado, 1978–1978

Sale Date: April 22, 2003

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Bulldozed slash, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1976–1977

Robert Adams

Bulldozed slash, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1976–1977

Sale Date: October 22, 2002

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Eucalyptus windbreaks, Rancho..., 1984–1984

Robert Adams

Eucalyptus windbreaks, Rancho..., 1984–1984

Sale Date: October 21, 2002

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Clearcut and burned, east of Arch Cape, , 1976–1976

Robert Adams

Clearcut and burned, east of Arch Cape, , 1976–1976

Sale Date: April 6, 2001

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Untitled (Rock wall)

Robert Adams

Untitled (Rock wall)

Sale Date: January 17, 2001

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Mobile Adams, Jefferson County, Colorado, 1973–1973

Robert Adams

Mobile Adams, Jefferson County, Colorado, 1973–1973

Sale Date: October 11, 2000

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Quarry Roads, Fremont Peak, Fremont..., 1979–1979

Robert Adams

Quarry Roads, Fremont Peak, Fremont..., 1979–1979

Sale Date: October 11, 2000

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Lincoln County, Colorado, 1977–1977

Robert Adams

Lincoln County, Colorado, 1977–1977

Sale Date: October 11, 2000

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From the Missouri West, 1976–1976

Robert Adams

From the Missouri West, 1976–1976

Sale Date: June 15, 2000

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Northeast from Flagstaff Mountain,..., 1980–1980

Robert Adams

Northeast from Flagstaff Mountain,..., 1980–1980

Sale Date: April 3, 2000

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Wasatch Mountains, near Willard, Utah,..., 1980–1980

Robert Adams

Wasatch Mountains, near Willard, Utah,..., 1980–1980

Sale Date: April 3, 2000

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Quarried mesa top, Pueblo County,..., 1981–1981

Robert Adams

Quarried mesa top, Pueblo County,..., 1981–1981

Sale Date: October 8, 1999

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Untitled woodland study, 1980–1980

Robert Adams

Untitled woodland study, 1980–1980

Sale Date: October 8, 1999

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Missouri River, Clay County, South Dakota

Robert Adams

Missouri River, Clay County, South Dakota

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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Looking toward Los Angeles across San..., 1978–1978

Robert Adams

Looking toward Los Angeles across San..., 1978–1978

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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Wasatch Mountains, near Willard, Utah, 1978–1978

Robert Adams

Wasatch Mountains, near Willard, Utah, 1978–1978

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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The Pawnee grasslands, 1973–1973

Robert Adams

The Pawnee grasslands, 1973–1973

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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Near Pendleton, Oregon, 1978–1978

Robert Adams

Near Pendleton, Oregon, 1978–1978

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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A farm pond about to be destroyed by..., 1977–1977

Robert Adams

A farm pond about to be destroyed by..., 1977–1977

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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Quarried mesa top, Pueblo County,..., 1977–1977

Robert Adams

Quarried mesa top, Pueblo County,..., 1977–1977

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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