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)

Near Heber City, Utah, 1978

Robert Adams

Near Heber City, Utah, 1978

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Untitled, 2011, 2011

Robert Adams

Untitled, 2011, 2011

Sale Date: October 6, 2021

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North of Briggsdale, Colo, 1973

Robert Adams

North of Briggsdale, Colo, 1973

Sale Date: October 5, 2021

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Longmont, Colorado, 1979, 1979

Robert Adams

Longmont, Colorado, 1979, 1979

Sale Date: June 29, 2021

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Untitled, 1973–1974

Robert Adams

Untitled, 1973–1974

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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Land for Sale and development (Views of , 1968–1972

Robert Adams

Land for Sale and development (Views of , 1968–1972

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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Santa Ana Wash, CA, Near Norton Air Force Base, 1978

Robert Adams

Santa Ana Wash, CA, Near Norton Air Force Base, 1978

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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The Columbia River from the Washington..., 1999–2003

Robert Adams

The Columbia River from the Washington..., 1999–2003

Sale Date: April 6, 2021

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Coos County Oregon, 1999-2003, 1999–2003

Robert Adams

Coos County Oregon, 1999-2003, 1999–2003

Sale Date: April 6, 2021

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On Humberg Mountain, Clatsop County..., 1993–2003

Robert Adams

On Humberg Mountain, Clatsop County..., 1993–2003

Sale Date: April 6, 2021

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Spring Wind, West of Calhan, 1965

Robert Adams

Spring Wind, West of Calhan, 1965

Sale Date: April 7, 2021

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Broken Trees Next to Box Springs Mountains,..., 1982

Robert Adams

Broken Trees Next to Box Springs Mountains,..., 1982

Sale Date: April 7, 2021

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Blanca, Colorado, 1967

Robert Adams

Blanca, Colorado, 1967

Sale Date: April 8, 2021

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Colorado, 1973

Robert Adams

Colorado, 1973

Sale Date: April 8, 2021

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Broken Cottonwood, east of Longmont, Colorado, 1984

Robert Adams

Broken Cottonwood, east of Longmont, Colorado, 1984

Sale Date: December 2, 2020

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Above the Elk River, Curry County,..., 1999–2003

Robert Adams

Above the Elk River, Curry County,..., 1999–2003

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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Harney County, Oregon, 1993-2003, 2005, 1993–2003

Robert Adams

Harney County, Oregon, 1993-2003, 2005, 1993–2003

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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On a Hill above McGowan, Pacific..., 1999–2003

Robert Adams

On a Hill above McGowan, Pacific..., 1999–2003

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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Sitka Spruce, Cape Blanco State Park, Curry..., 2001

Robert Adams

Sitka Spruce, Cape Blanco State Park, Curry..., 2001

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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Doll’s House Village, Longmont, Colorado, 1973, 1973

Robert Adams

Doll’s House Village, Longmont, Colorado, 1973, 1973

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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Briggsdale, Colorado, 1983

Robert Adams

Briggsdale, Colorado, 1983

Sale Date: June 11, 2020

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Longmont, Colorado, 1979

Robert Adams

Longmont, Colorado, 1979

Sale Date: July 13, 2020

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Summer Nights #2, 1985

Robert Adams

Summer Nights #2, 1985

Sale Date: July 13, 2020

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On Signal Hill Overlooking Long Beach, 1983

Robert Adams

On Signal Hill Overlooking Long Beach, 1983

Sale Date: July 13, 2020

Auction Closed

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