What Can We Believe Where?: Photographs of the American West, 1965-2005 (Yale University Art Gallery Series (YUP)) - Softcover

Robert Adams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300162472 ISBN 13: 9780300162479

Publisher: Yale University Art Gallery, 2010

Synopsis

Since taking up photography in the mid-1960s, Robert Adams has quietly become one of the most influential chroniclers of the evolving American landscape. Carefully edited by Adams from a remarkable body of work that spans over four decades, What Can We Believe Where? Photographs of the American West, 1965-2005 presents a narrative sequence of more than 100 tritone images that reveals a steadfast concern for mankind's increasingly tragic relationship with the natural world. Adams's understated yet arresting pictures of the vast Colorado plains, the rapid suburbanization of the Denver and Colorado Springs areas, and the ecological devastation of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States register with subtle precision the complex and often fragile beauty of the scenes they depict. The most accessible collection of Adams's work to date, this compact and thought-provoking volume is an essential addition to the bookshelves of students, photographers, and anyone interested in...

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Review:

"It is man's undeniable mark on the fields, forests and hills that is [Adams's] home. Somehow, Adams finds beauty in this sometimes ugly combination of man and nature."--The Globe and Mail--The Globe and Mail

About the Author:

Robert Adams lives and works in northwestern Oregon. His art has been the subject of exhibitions at museums throughout the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Art Gallery
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0300162472
• ISBN 13: 9780300162479
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120