"Adams County, Colorado, 1974 shows a line of nearly identical one-story homes running on a diagonal to the frame of the image. It hints at prefabricated newness: The homes... have been constructed recently on former farmland."
"I came back to Colorado to discover that...the places where I had worked, hunted, climbed and run rivers were all being destroyed. For me the desperate question was, how do I survive this?"
"Adams soon learned the details of its natural beauty: 'the coming of doves up from Mexico, the blooming of chicory...hundreds of wonderful things.'"
Robert Adams's photography documents the suburban transformation of Colorado, particularly in Adams County, where new homes replace farmland. His images evoke feelings of loneliness and isolation, highlighting the stark changes in the landscape. Adams, who grew up in a farming community, returned to find the area drastically altered by urban expansion and development. This prompted him to pursue photography as a means to express his concerns about the environmental impact of suburban growth and to document the beauty of the changing landscape.
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