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Edge of San Timoteo, San Bernardino County, California
Creator
Robert AdamsAmerican Photographer · 1937–present
All works by this person →Robert Adams has photographed the landscape of the American West for more than forty years, particularly in California, Colorado and Oregon. His vision is inspired by his joy in nature's inherent beauty, yet tempered by his dismay at its exploitation and degradation. Adams uses photography to express his love for the landscape and to understand how urban and industrial growth have changed it, all
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- negative 1978; print 1988
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Robert Adams focused his camera on a whimsical collection of trees at the edge of a canyon. Each tree--or fragment of one--appears to express a distinct personality, from the scrubby palm on the left to the gawky trunk of a pine in the center to a feathery branch of eucalyptus on the right. An ominous blanket of smog, which obscures the mountains in the distance, enables the foliage to stand out.
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