Colorado Springs

Robert Adams, artist

born 1937

Colorado Springs, 1968

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

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 15.1 x 15.1 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 5 15/16 x 5 15/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Gift of Connie and Jack Glenn

Accession number: 1986.0232

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Archive Label 2003:
The spare compositional style of Modernist photography is used here to comment upon the quality of life found in suburban communities. The woman in her new suburban home appears to be trapped and isolated from the rest of the world. Adams believed that suburban living encouraged our estrangement from each other and nature.

Exhibition Label:
"Constructions of Place: Architecture in Photography," Jan-1991, Erin Barnett
Adams is interested in the rise of suburbanization and its effects on individuals and the land. Through sparse composition and high contrast, he calls attention to residents' estrangement from nature and isolation from people in these new housing communities. Rather than offering a harsh critique, Adams's photographs present information about the changing quality of our environment.

Exhibition Label:
"The Family in Photography," Dec-1997, Stefanie Vigil
Robert Adams, like Bill Owens, has examined suburbia. he suggest that suburban families are not only separated from nature, but also from their neighbors and one another.