Robert Adams (photographer)

Robert Adams ( born May 8, 1937 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American photographer.

Life

Adams was born in 1937 in Orange, New Jersey. He received his bachelor's degree at the University of Redlands in California, and a doctorate in English from the University of Southern California. He lives and works in Oregon. For his work he won several awards.

Awards

  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award (1994 )
  • SPECTRUM International Prize for Photography of the Foundation of Lower Saxony (1995 )
  • German Börse Photography Prize (2006)
  • Hasselblad Foundation Award (2009)

Publications

  • The New West ( 1974)
  • From the Missouri West ( 1980)
  • Our Lives and Our Children (1984 )
  • Summer Nights (1985 )
  • Los Angeles Spring ( 1986)
  • From West Columbia ( 1995)
  • Turning Back (2005)

Exhibitions

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York ( 1979)
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art ( 1989)
  • Denver Art Museum ( 1993)
  • Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven ( 2002)
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005)
  • Josef Albers Museum - Quadrat Bottrop: Robert Adams: The Place We Live. Retrospective of the photographic work (2013 )
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