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Boulder County, Colorado
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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 1983; print 1988
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
Even at first glance, the burnt pine tree in the foreground of this image offers a grim message about the environmental state of an area where Robert Adams once lived. Beyond the community of Lyons, Colorado, which you can see in the background, large housing developments were being built not far from the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. Adams visually expressed his deep concern for the region by deliberately tilting the horizon.
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