Robert Adams: The New West
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3869309008 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Walter E Glover said Robert Adams: The New West. A luscious publication venerating the vision and genesis of a modern Master.
The open American West is nearly gone. In five sequences of pictures taken along the front wall of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Robert Adams has documented a representative sampling of the whole suburban Southwest. Adams has written that "all land, no matter what has happened to it, has over it a grace, an absolutely persistent beauty," and the photographs show this. This beautiful new edition marks the iconic book's fortieth anniversary and includes new scans.Robert Adams (born 1937) has photographed the geography of the American West for over 40 years. At first they shock; normally we try to forget the commercial squalor they depict. Slowly, however, they reveal aspects of the geographythe shape of the land itself, for examplethat are beyond man's harm. The views have a double power. A longstanding classic of photobook publishing, The New West is a photographic essay about what came to fill itfreeways, tract homes, low-rise business buildings and signs. He has over 40 publications and is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Spectrum International Prize for Photography, the Hasselblad Award, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowshi
(Daisy Woodward AnOther Magazine)Robert Adams, in his landmark 1974 collection "The New West," now reissued in a gorgeous edition by Steidl, is in many ways Timothy O'Sullivan's truest heir. There is an inherent, inescapable allure, stemming from the photographer's aptitude for composition and ability to encapsulate the atmospheric quality of light so unique to the area Through his exceptionally executed, deeply poetic works, we are reminded that we – with our limited life spans and endless aspirations – pale in comparison to the longstanding landscapes that surround us. (Mich