Robert Adams

Adams was an American photographer who had a significant focus upon changing landscape of the American west,his work first started to become relevant within the 1970’s due to the success of his book ‘the new west’.The artist brown on May 8th,1937 was part of a family having himself a brother and sister,when he was younger he was infected with polio and had harm to the left side of his area and hand but soon recovered, but later in life suffered form other medical problems due to the previous illness. he had a very nature enforced childhood going on many walks accompanying his father, he also worked in a mountain national park in Colorado,and went mountain climbing and then so start visiting art museum with his sister.Not knowing what he wanted  to do he continued to take English and get his ph. D in English In 1965,he soon married to Kirsten who too and similar interests whiten art and nature. he taught English in Colorado college ad then soon as able to buy his first camera.

He mainly focus more upon taking many images of landscapes of nature and architecture. he learned many of his  photography knowledge form a professional photographer local to him named ‘Myron Wood’.Soon his love for photography spread and he became a full time photographer.His subject matter was ‘vastness,its sparse beauty and its ecological fragility’ manner of his work was produced throughout varying shades if grey and what has been lost remains, and a brilliant subtext to everything.

favorite image analysis

I chose this image due to the intriguing way in which Adams was able to capture the  strength and dominance within the clouds and the deep contrasting tones from within the background trees.you are clearly able to see the way in which people or  juxtaposing to the man made metal equipment. There is a sense of irony with the nature in the background and the way in which the people are more occupied within the pool and not the natural lakes and such.There is also almost a theme of segregation within the communities and the continuation of fences and boarder in which they are surrounded.The close up gate allows a redistricted in which we are viewing the people. All the over exposed lighter tones also have connotations to a more harsh lined  industrial area and shows elements of possibly not being safe.It shows a strong contrast within the beauty of nature and the urban life in which these people are living and choosing to do so.I think it is interesting in how the photographer chose to take the image when no one is in the pool,it shows a sense of reason to the image and the joy they should be having being in the pool but the rugged nature of pool is perhaps a preventative,perhaps this is to demonstrate the gradual separation between people and nature.

Mind map

Many of his works shows a strong industrial structure  presents in the foreground and a gradual deterioration into the nature based areas of his work. There is also a large surrounding space to present that their is an effect go nothingness without human evolution to buildings  and Inhabitance.

Ideas that will use in my work:

My main attraction to his work is how he has many layers of attention to the image itself and how it consistently evolves to create many interesting aspects throughout the original image,secondly I would want to expand on the use of persona and what people are doingerive attention to the image itself,and what the meaning of the contrast to nature would in fact be