Robert Adams Quotes


Are there grounds now and then for an unironic smile?


Citations

Adams, Robert. Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews. Aperture, 1994, p. 55.

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  • Born: May 8, 1937
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Photographer

Robert Adams is an American photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West. His work first came to prominence in the mid-1970s through his book The New West (1974) and his participation in the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape in 1975. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and the Hasselblad Award.