Robert Adams Robert Adams (born in Orange, New Jersey, 1937) has worked as a photographer of the changing American landscape for the past five decades. More than thirty books of his photographs have been published, including The New West (1974), Listening to the River (1994), and The Place We Live (2011). Adams has received Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundation fellowships, and in 2009, he was awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. His works are included in major museum collections worldwide.
Along Some Rivers: Photographs and Conversations By Robert Adams Foreword by Richard B. Woodward • • •
Collection of conversations between Adams and students, photographers, and curators about the American West Includes a duotone portfolio of 28 images by Adams, most of them published here for the first time A valuable addition to the literature of photography and the West
5#½ × 8#¼ in. (14 × 21 cm) 112 pages 28 duotone images Hardcover with jacket ISBN 978-1-59711-004-4 US $24.95 / CDN $34.95 / UK £13.95 52495
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Cover image: Eugene Buechel, S.J.
Richard B. Woodward has written extensively about the arts and photography, and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, and New Criterion.
Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values By Robert Adams • • •
A critical appreciation of photography by a major figure Includes eight thought-provoking essays An essential tool for aspiring photographers
“Robert Adams has long been recognized as a great landscape photographer and as an unusually eloquent philosopher of the medium—witness his 1981 collection of photography Beauty in Photography. His work addresses the broadest themes of American history.” —Eric Levin, American Photographer
Why People Photograph Essays and reviews by Robert Adams • • •
Words of wisdom about the relationship of art and life from a master photographer “Photographers may or may not make a living by photography, but they are alive by it.” —Robert Adams Nineteen reviews and essays cover topics such as humor, collectors, and working conditions in the American West
“[Adams] continues to publish some of the most thoughtful essays being written on the art of photography.” —Malcolm Jones Jr., Newsweek
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Essay Books
5#½ × 8#¼ in. (14 × 21 cm) 112 pages 23 black-and-white images Paperback ISBN 978-0-89381-368-0 US $16.95 / CDN $23.95 / UK £11.95 51695
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5#½ × 8 ¼ in. (14 × 21 cm) 190 pages 29 halftone images Paperback ISBN 978-0-89381-603-2 US $16.95 / CDN $23.95 / UK £11.95 51695
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