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South of Rocky Flats, Jefferson County, Colorado

1978
(American, b. 1937)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 22 x 28.4 cm (8 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Gift of the American Express Foundation 1985.124
© Robert Adams
Location: not on view
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Adams’s influential landscape photographs are poetic documentations of a world that, in the artist’s words, is "a troubling mixture" of ugliness, beauty, chaos, and alchemic order. South of Rocky Flats, Jefferson County, Colorado, is exemplary of his documentary style that acknowledges the formal beauty and the enveloping illumination associated with the American West, his favorite subject, while recording the impact of humanity on the environment. The grandeur of the Rocky Mountains is visible as well as the physical infrastructure necessary to facilitate the annexation of this open land for development. In the foreground, the numerous tire tracks suggest that this location is a popular spot to enjoy the scenic view.
South of Rocky Flats, Jefferson County, Colorado

South of Rocky Flats, Jefferson County, Colorado

1978

Robert Adams

(American, b. 1937)
America, 20th century

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