Robert Adams | |
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Born | 1937 (age 87–88) |
Nationality | American |
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Known for | Photography |
Movement | New Topographics |
Awards | Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2006 Turning Back Hasselblad Award 2009 |
Elected | American Academy of Arts and Letters |
Website | media |
Robert Adams (born 1937) is an American photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West.[1][2] His work first came to prominence in the mid-1970s[1] through his book The New West (1974) and his participation in the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape in 1975.[1] He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and the Hasselblad Award.