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)

Colorado Springs, Colorado' (Vapor..., 1968–1971

Robert Adams

Colorado Springs, Colorado' (Vapor..., 1968–1971

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Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado, 1970–1972

Robert Adams

Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado, 1970–1972

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Doll's House Village, Longmont, Colorado, 1973

Robert Adams

Doll's House Village, Longmont, Colorado, 1973

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Colorado Springs, Colo' (Motel), 1968–1971

Robert Adams

Colorado Springs, Colo' (Motel), 1968–1971

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Trailer. Colorado Springs, Colorado', 1968

Robert Adams

Trailer. Colorado Springs, Colorado', 1968

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Outdoor Theater, Colorado Springs,..., 1968–1971

Robert Adams

Outdoor Theater, Colorado Springs,..., 1968–1971

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Berthoud, Colorado', 1979

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Berthoud, Colorado', 1979

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Overlooking Long Beach, California' (On..., 1983

Robert Adams

Overlooking Long Beach, California' (On..., 1983

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

Robert Adams

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

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Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado., 1984

Robert Adams

Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado., 1984

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Longmont, Colorado', 1979

Robert Adams

Longmont, Colorado', 1979

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Selected Images from Eden, Colorado, 1968–1970

Robert Adams

Selected Images from Eden, Colorado, 1968–1970

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Colorado Springs', 1968

Robert Adams

Colorado Springs', 1968

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Pikes Peak' (Colorado Springs), 1969

Robert Adams

Pikes Peak' (Colorado Springs), 1969

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Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado, 1984

Robert Adams

Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado, 1984

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Bulldoze Slash, Tillamook County, Oregon and , 1977

Robert Adams

Bulldoze Slash, Tillamook County, Oregon and , 1977

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Near Pendleton, Oregon, 1978

Robert Adams

Near Pendleton, Oregon, 1978

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North of Keota, Colorado, 1973

Robert Adams

North of Keota, Colorado, 1973

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Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, 1984

Robert Adams

Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, 1984

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Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado, 1984

Robert Adams

Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado, 1984

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Broken trees near Box Springs Mtns., east of , 1982

Robert Adams

Broken trees near Box Springs Mtns., east of , 1982

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Burning Oil Sludge, Boulder County, Colorado., 1974

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Burning Oil Sludge, Boulder County, Colorado., 1974

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Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado (1984;..., 1984

Robert Adams

Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado (1984;..., 1984

Sale Date: February 16, 2023

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Amongst the last trees and lilacs..., 1982

Robert Adams

Amongst the last trees and lilacs..., 1982

Sale Date: January 26, 2023

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