Robert Adams, ALONG SOME RIVERS: PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONVERSATIONS, 2006

Robert Adams has spent decades considering and documenting the landscape of the American West and how it has been altered, disturbed, or destroyed by the hand of man. Along Some Rivers provides another point of entry into Adams’ careful consideration of photography and beyond. Twenty-eight unpublished landscapes and a collection of conversations (some previously unpublished) with writers and curators. This publication offers the artist’s thoughts on a number of his now legendary projects, including Cottonwoods and What We Bought.

A discussion of his recent series chronicling the destruction of Oregon’s great forests, Turning Back, takes us to the present moment. Together these photographs and conversations provide valuable insight into how this master photographer approaches the medium with an expert level of craft, great intelligence, modesty, and above all, a distinct sense of purpose.