
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.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
October 8, 2015
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