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South of Rocky Flats, Jefferson County, Colorado

1978

Robert Adams

(American, b. 1937)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 22 x 28.4 cm (8 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Express Foundation 1985.124
Copyright
© Robert Adams
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Adams’s influential landscape photographs are poetic documentations of a world that, in the artist’s words, is "a troubling mixture" of ugliness, beauty, chaos, and alchemic order. South of Rocky Flats, Jefferson County, Colorado, is exemplary of his documentary style that acknowledges the formal beauty and the enveloping illumination associated with the American West, his favorite subject, while recording the impact of humanity on the environment. The grandeur of the Rocky Mountains is visible as well as the physical infrastructure necessary to facilitate the annexation of this open land for development. In the foreground, the numerous tire tracks suggest that this location is a popular spot to enjoy the scenic view.

South of Rocky Flats, Jefferson County, Colorado

1978

Robert Adams

(American, b. 1937)
America

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