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Robert Adams — Real estate sign. Dusk, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Robert Adams

Real estate sign. Dusk, Colorado Springs, Colorado

A lone real estate sign stands against the fading light of dusk in Colorado Springs, captured with Adams' characteristic quiet precision. The gelatin silver print renders the suburban landscape in soft tones of gray, evoking a sense of melancholy and the relentless encroachment of development upon the American West. Adams transforms an ordinary commercial sign into a meditation on promise, loss, and the complex relationship between human ambition and the natural environment.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed 1981.

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October 8, 2015

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Robert Adams, Real estate sign. Dusk, Colorado Springs, Colorado

A lone real estate sign stands against the fading light of dusk in Colorado Springs, captured with Adams' characteristic quiet precision. The gelatin silver print renders the suburban landscape in soft tones of gray, evoking a sense of melancholy and the relentless encroachment of development upon the American West. Adams transforms an ordinary commercial sign into a meditation on promise, loss, and the complex relationship between human ambition and the natural environment.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed 1981.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Melancholic Atmosphere, 20th Century, Landscape Photography, Male Artist, Fine Art Photography, Documentary Photography, Twilight Mood, Black and White Photography, Suburban Americana, Gelatin Silver Print, Contemporary Artist, American Photographer, New Topographics, Urban Sprawl, American West, Established Artist, Black and White

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