Robert Adams, On Any Given Day in Spring (I)

Robert Adams, On Any Given Day in Spring (I) 2007, Gelatin-silver print Image: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 15 x 23 cm

Don’t miss this show at Matthew Marks Gallery, which is on view until November 3. Adams’s traveling retrospective is also currently at the Yale University Art Gallery, until October 28.

From a recent interview:

I’ve been asked why I didn’t keep making pictures in the suburbs. I think the answer is that, at some level, I hoped early on that showing what was wrong, what was inhumane, might facilitate improvement. I think I’ve lost that hope. But having said that, I would add that in many ways the whole landscape still seems beautiful. It is inexplicably invulnerable to our bad behavior. Though I also believe that it will punish us for our disrespect. Or maybe a better way to say this is that we will punish ourselves.

Read on.

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