Tag Archives: Robert Adams

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 20, 2009

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 20, 2009

Robert Adams has won the 2009 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. Based in Astoria, Oregon, the Season 4 artist received the $61,000 prize at a ceremony in San Francisco …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Rolling Up Our Sleeves

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 21, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Rolling Up Our Sleeves

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 21, 2009

Since this column gets posted on Wednesdays (and believe me, I didn’t arrange it this way), it’s been my pleasure to contribute posts directly after the November 4th election (see …

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Robert Adams | Light

by Wesley Miller | Jan 1, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Robert Adams | Light

by Wesley Miller | Jan 1, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adams in his Oregon home. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human activity on the last vestiges of wilderness and …

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Robert Adams | Working Along Freeways

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Robert Adams | Working Along Freeways

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adams with photographs in his Oregon studio. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human activity on the last vestiges of …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Humor and Beauty

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 22, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Humor and Beauty

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 22, 2008

How can humor be used to say something serious? Can unattractive or disturbing things be represented in a beautiful way? These were just two of the questions posed at last …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shooting in Broad Daylight

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 3, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shooting in Broad Daylight

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 3, 2008

Many teachers I met over the summer had some connection to teaching photography or working with a variety of students who are photographers (for example, in an AP Studio Art …

Badlands at Mass MOCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 28, 2008

Badlands at Mass MOCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 28, 2008

Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape is currently on view at MASS MOCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art).  The exhibition considers the traditions of landscape painting and picks up the thread …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Billy Joels of Art Education

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 16, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Billy Joels of Art Education

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 16, 2008

This past Sunday, the New York Times ran an article about Billy Joel. The article focused on the fact that, despite not making a new recording in 15 years, Billy …

Berliner Salon: The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and Alec Soth

by Emilie Trice | May 16, 2008

Berliner Salon: The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and Alec Soth

by Emilie Trice | May 16, 2008

Disclaimer: the following post is biased, self-indulgent, anecdotal and probably too long for a blog. Yesterday I had the delight of seeing one of my all time favorite people for …

Photography on Photography at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 8, 2008

Photography on Photography at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 8, 2008

Last September, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened a new gallery on the second floor dedicated exclusively to contemporary photographs. The second exhibition in this space, Photography on Photography: Reflections …

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Robert Adams | Books & Gravures

by Wesley Miller | Mar 20, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Robert Adams | Books & Gravures

by Wesley Miller | Mar 20, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adam’s with photogravure plates for Harney County, Oregon (1999-2003) in his Oregon studio. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human …

Tonight: “The Influence of the New West” panel on Robert Adams at New School

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 12, 2008

Tonight: “The Influence of the New West” panel on Robert Adams at New School

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 12, 2008

TONIGHT! The Influence of the New West Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context Originally published in 1974, Robert Adams‘s The New West signaled a significant shift in photographic representation of the …

Robert Adams affected by Northwest storms, speaks with Bloomberg

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

Robert Adams affected by Northwest storms, speaks with Bloomberg

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

Season 4 artist Robert Adams, who lives in Astoria, Oregon, survived last week’s hurricane, after losing power and his phone line for a few days (see images of the storm …

Robert Adams: On the Edge at Fondation Cartier

by Ana Otero | Dec 6, 2007

Robert Adams: On the Edge at Fondation Cartier

by Ana Otero | Dec 6, 2007

Robert Adams, who was recently featured in Art:21 — Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4, recently opened his first solo show in France. On view in the exhibition, titled …

Spotlight on Ecology: Robert Adams

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 6, 2007

Spotlight on Ecology: Robert Adams

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 6, 2007

Robert Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1937. His refined black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West of the past four decades, revealing the impact of human …

Robert Adams: Questions for an Overcast Day

by Ana Otero | Sep 18, 2007

Robert Adams: Questions for an Overcast Day

by Ana Otero | Sep 18, 2007

This past Saturday, Matthew Marks Gallery in New York City opened an exhibition of new photographs by Robert Adams, a featured artist in the upcoming Season 4 episode Ecology. Adam‚Äôs …