American silence : the photographs of Robert Adams /
Greenough, Sarah, 1951-
American silence : the photographs of Robert Adams / Sarah Greenough ; with afterword by Terry Tempest Williams. - Washington : New York : National Gallery of Art ; Aperture, 2021. - 332 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes index.
Working in Colorado, California, and Oregon from 1965 to 2015, Adams photographed suburban sprawl, strip malls, highways, homes, and the land itself, seeking to reveal both the ravages we have inflicted on the land and its underlying, enduring beauty. His photographs of the western American landscape are imbued with a sense of the sacred. Adams transforms "the silence of light" he sees on the prairie, in the woods, and by the ocean into pictures that not only capture that beauty but can also question our own silent complicity in its desecration by consumerism, industrialization, and the lack of environmental stewardship. This substantial body of work--passionate but restrained, respectful but outraged--is united by the reverential way Adams looks at the world around him, and the almost palpable silence that permeates his art. Copublished by Aperture and National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
1597115118 9781597115117
GBC1E1541 bnb
020307072 Uk
Adams, Robert, 1937-
Landscape photography.
American silence : the photographs of Robert Adams / Sarah Greenough ; with afterword by Terry Tempest Williams. - Washington : New York : National Gallery of Art ; Aperture, 2021. - 332 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes index.
Working in Colorado, California, and Oregon from 1965 to 2015, Adams photographed suburban sprawl, strip malls, highways, homes, and the land itself, seeking to reveal both the ravages we have inflicted on the land and its underlying, enduring beauty. His photographs of the western American landscape are imbued with a sense of the sacred. Adams transforms "the silence of light" he sees on the prairie, in the woods, and by the ocean into pictures that not only capture that beauty but can also question our own silent complicity in its desecration by consumerism, industrialization, and the lack of environmental stewardship. This substantial body of work--passionate but restrained, respectful but outraged--is united by the reverential way Adams looks at the world around him, and the almost palpable silence that permeates his art. Copublished by Aperture and National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
1597115118 9781597115117
GBC1E1541 bnb
020307072 Uk
Adams, Robert, 1937-
Landscape photography.