Newly Occupied Tract Houses, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Robert Adams

born 1937

Newly Occupied Tract Houses, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1968

Where object was made: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14.5 x 15 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 5 11/16 x 5 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Gift of Connie and Jack Glenn

Accession number: 1986.0231

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Exhibition Label: "Claimed: Land Use in Western America," Jun-2007, Kate Meyer “To prepare the land for construction, builders often bulldozed all vegetation, leveled all rises, and filled or channeled all streams. For a few weeks or months, the result was a wasteland, a barren plain of dirt. But even after the tracts became neighborhoods of homes, the new landscape had little variety.” Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism, 2001 Archive Label 2003: Robert Adams photographs the places where nature and society meet. He juxtaposes the quiet beauty and harmony of nature with the chaos and clutter of the manmade environment.