Photographer Robert Adams (b. 1937) is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential chroniclers of the American West, renowned for his austere views of a landscape profoundly changed by human development. This stunning three-volume set, printed with an unprecedented fidelity to the photographer's master prints, accompanies a major travelling exhibition and is the first publication to comprehensively survey Adams's 45-year career. Presenting an epic sequence of nearly 400 tritone plates, "Robert Adams: The ...
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Photographer Robert Adams (b. 1937) is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential chroniclers of the American West, renowned for his austere views of a landscape profoundly changed by human development. This stunning three-volume set, printed with an unprecedented fidelity to the photographer's master prints, accompanies a major travelling exhibition and is the first publication to comprehensively survey Adams's 45-year career. Presenting an epic sequence of nearly 400 tritone plates, "Robert Adams: The Place We Live" features selections from all of Adams' major projects, including his seminal work in the suburbs of Colorado Springs and Denver and his most recent, elegiac portrayals of trees in the Pacific Northwest. Also included is an anthology of texts by the photographer, a series of critical essays on Adams' life and work, and an illustrated bibliography and chronology that will shed new light on one of the central American artists of our time.
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New. 0300141378. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--THREE (3) VOLUME SET. 627 pages, many illustrations in black and white and in color. --with a bonus offer--
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As New (individually shrinkwrapped. Cardboard slipcase has soiling and wear. 3 vols. Cream-colored cloth, gray or blue dust jackets, 627 pp., many illustrations. Issued in original publisher's box. A massive 3-volume set, never read. A compiled description as follows: First edition, first printing. Three volumes, sharing the following format: Hardcover. Fine beige cloth-covered boards with title debossed on cover and stamped in blue on spine; with printed dust jacket. Photographs and text by Robert Adams. Essays by Joshua Chuang, Tod Papageorge, Jock Reynolds and John Szarkowski. Designed by Katy Homans. 589 pp., with approximately 400 tritone plates exquisitely printed on heavy matt paper in East Greenwich, Rhode Island by Meridian Printing, from separations by Thomas Palmer. Photographer Robert Adams (b. 1937) is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential chroniclers of the American West, renowned for his austere views of a landscape profoundly changed by human development. This stunning three-volume set-printed with an unprecedented fidelity to the photographer's master prints-accompanies a major traveling exhibition and is the first publication to comprehensively survey Adams's 45-year career. Presenting an epic sequence of nearly 400 tritone plates, Robert Adams: The Place We Live features selections from all of Adams's major projects, including his seminal work in the suburbs of Colorado Springs and Denver and his most recent, elegiac portrayals of trees in the Pacific Northwest. Also included is an anthology of texts by the photographer, a series of critical essays on Adams's life and work, and an illustrated bibliography and chronology that will shed new light on one of the central American artists of our time.
