Robert Adams
- Introduction
- Robert Adams (born May 8, 1937) 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.
- Wikidata
- Q1392710
- Introduction
- Adams began working as a photographer and a freelance writer in 1967. He's best known for black-and-white photographs of the American West.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Writer, Teacher, Photographer
- Names
- Robert Adams, Robert Hickman Adams, Robert ii Adams
- Ulan
- 500037036
Exhibitions
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Stephen Shore
Nov 19, 2017–May 28, 2018
MoMA
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The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook
Apr 16, 2012–Apr 21, 2013
MoMA
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Photography Rotation 8
May 13, 2011–Mar 12, 2012
MoMA
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1969
Oct 25, 2009–Apr 5, 2010
MoMA PS1
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Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West
Mar 29–Jun 8, 2009
MoMA
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Robert Adams has
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Robert Adams Thurman, Colorado 1965
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Robert Adams Outdoor Theater and Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1968
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Robert Adams Newly Occupied Tract Houses, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1968
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Robert Adams Colorado Springs, Colorado 1968
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Robert Adams Colorado Springs, Colorado 1968
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Robert Adams Colorado Springs, Colorado 1968
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Robert Adams El Paso County Fairgrounds, Calhan, Colorado 1968
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Robert Adams Newly Completed Tract House, Colorado Springs 1968
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Robert Adams Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1969
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Robert Adams Basement for a Tract House, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1969
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Robert Adams Sunday School. A Church in a New Tract, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1969
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Robert Adams Colorado Springs, Colorado 1969
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Robert Adams From Lookout Mountain, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams Along Interstate 25, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams Pikes Peak Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams From Lookout Mountain, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams From Lookout Mountain, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams From Lookout Mountain, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams From Lookout Mountain, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams From Lookout Mountain, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams On Green Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado 1970
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Robert Adams Tract Housing, the North Edge of Denver, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams Tract House, Longmont, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams Recess at a School in a Commercial Zone, the North Edge of Denver, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams North of Briggsdale, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams North of Briggsdale, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams Lakewood, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams The Pawnee Grasslands 1973
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Robert Adams Loveland, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams Construction Materials: A New Tract. Denver, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams North of Broomfield, Colorado 1973
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Robert Adams Lakewood, Colorado 1974
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Robert Adams Thornton, Colorado 1974
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Robert Adams Clear-cut and Burned, East of Arch Cape, Oregon 1976
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Robert Adams Clear-cut and Burned, East of Arch Cape, Oregon 1976
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Robert Adams Missouri River, Clay County, South Dakota 1976
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Robert Adams East from Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado 1976
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Robert Adams Above Boulder, Colorado 1976
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Robert Adams Abandoned Car, Carbon County, Wyoming 1977
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Robert Adams Edge of San Timoteo Canyon, San Bernadino County, California 1978
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Robert Adams Along Interstate 10, San Bernardino County, California 1978
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Robert Adams Near Pendelton, Oregon 1978
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Robert Adams Quarried Mesa Top, Pueblo County, Colorado 1978
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Robert Adams Alkali Lake, Albany County, Wyoming 1978
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Robert Adams Nebraska State Highway 2, Box Butte County, Nebraska 1978
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Robert Adams Santa Ana Wash, Next to Norton Air Force Base. San Bernardino County, California 1978
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Robert Adams Federal Highway 36, North St. Vrain Canyon, Larimer County, Colorado 1979
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Robert Adams Aurora, Colorado 1979
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