Robert Adams
Selected Bibliography


Books and Catalogues

2010
Adams, Robert, Joshua Chuang, et al. Robert Adams: The Place We Live, a Retrospective Selection of Photographs, 1964-2009. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2010.

Adams, Robert, Joshua Chuang, and Jock Reynolds. What Can We Believe Where?: Photographs of the American West. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2010.

2009
Fraenkel, Jeffrey and Frish Brandt, eds. Edward Hopper & Company. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2009.

International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, ed. New Topographics. Tucson, Ariz: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; Rochester, NY: George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film; Göttingen: Steidl, 2009.

Liesbrock, Heinz. Gone? Göttingen: Steidl; London: Thames & Hudson [distributor], 2009.

2007
Questions for an Overcast Day. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery; New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2007.

2006
Barnes, Martin and Kate Best, eds. Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour. London: Merrell Publishers in association with Victoria and Albert Museum, 2006.

2005
Adams, Robert. Turning Back: A Photographic Journal of Re-Exploration. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery; New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2005

2003
Fraenkel, Jeffrey and Frish Brandt, eds. The Eye Club. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2003.

Adams, Robert. No Small Journeys: Across Parking Lots, Down City Streets. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2003.

2002
Papageorge, Tod. Robert Adams. What We Bought: The New World. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2002.

2000
Jeffrey, Ian. Photography. The Oxford History of Western Art. Edited by Martin Kemp. Oxford: Oxford Press, 2000.

1999
Danziger, James. American Photographs 1900/2000. Paris and New York: Editions Assouline, 1999.

Grundberg, Andy, ed. Crisis of the Real: Writings on Photography since 1974. New York: Aperture Foundation, 1999.

Stepan, Peter, ed. Icons of Photography: The 20th Century. Munich, London, and New York: Prestel Verlag, 1999.

1998
Duesberry, Joellyn and Pattiann Rogers. A Covenant of Seasons. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1998.

Stack, Trudy Wilner. Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography. Tuscon: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 1998.

1996
Castleberry, May and Martha A. Sandweiss. Perpetual Mirage: Photographic Narratives of the Desert West. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996.

Phillips, Sandra S., et. al. Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Chronicle Books, 1996.

1995
Damsch-Wiehager, Renate, Thomas Weski, and Ulrich Bischoff. 3. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen 1995: Dicht am Leben. Ostfildern: Cantz Verlag, 1995.

1992
Limerick, Patricia Nelson and Thomas W. Southall. Revealing Territory. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1992.

1991
Bonitzer, Pascal, et. al. Passages de l'image. Barcelona: Fundació Caixa de Pensions; Paris: Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1991.

1990
Bruce, Chris, et. al. Myth of the West. Seattle, Washington: Henry Art Gallery, Washington University, 1990.

1988
Chevrier, Jean-François and James Lingwood. Another objectivity. London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1988.

1984
Green, Johnathan. American Photography: A Critical History 1945 to the Present. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984.

1981
Highnam, Paul. New Topographics: Photographs by Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Joe Deal. Bristol: Arnolfini Gallery, 1981.

1979
Danese, Renato, ed. American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers. Washington D.C.: Casini Press; Houston, Texas: Museum of Fine Arts, 1979.

1978
Sembach, Klaus-Jurgen, ed. American Landscape Photography 1860-1978. Munich: Neue Sammlung, 1978.

Walker Art Gallery, ed. The Kirklands International Photographic Exhibition: 23 Photographers – 23 Directions. Liverpool: Walker Art Gallery, 1978.

1977
Baltz, Lewis and J. Upton. Contemporary American Photographic Works. Houston, Texas: Museum of Fine Arts; Washington D.C.:National Endowment for the Arts, 1977.

1975
Baltimore Museum of Art, ed. 14 American Photographers. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1975.

Jenkins, William, ed. New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape. Rochester: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1975.


Selected Articles

2010
Aletti, Vince. “The Night Stuff.” The New Yorker, 1 March 2010, 13.

Herbert, Martin. “Robert Adams: Fondation Cartier.” Modern Painters, February 2008, 97.

O’Neill-Bulter, Lauren. “Robert Adams: Matthew Marks Gallery.” Artforum, April 2010, 195-196.

"Robert Adams, Summer Nights, Walking." Newyorkphotoreview.com, 10-15 March 2010.

"Robert Adams, Summer Nights, Walking @ Marks." DLKcollection.blogspot.com, 15 March 2010.

Wilson, Michael. “Robert Adams: ‘Summer Nights, Walking.’” Time Out New York, 1-7 April 2010, 45.

Wolinksi, Natacha. “Le Paysage Américain dans L’Objectif de Robert Adams: Trois Séries Récentes à la Fondation Cartier.” Beaux Arts, February 2008, 160.

Woodward, Richard. “At the Heart of Darkness.” The Wall Street Journal, 25 March 2010, D10.

2009
Hall, Scott. "In Focus: 'Edward Hopper & Company.' Themoment.blogs.nytimes.com, 22 April 2009

Magnusson, Niklas. Bloomberg.com. 15 April 2009.

2008
Wolinski, Natacha. “Le Paysage Americain Dans L’Objectif de Robert Adams.” Beaux Arts, February 2008, 160.

Herbert, Martin. “Robert Adams: Foundation Cartier.” Modern Painters, February 2008, 97.

Sausett, Damien. “ou la beaute en peril.” Connaissance des Arts, Photo 14. December 2007-February 2008, 55-60.

2007
Johnson, Ken. “New Art Appreciation: Profiles in Concept.” The New York Times, 27 October 2007, B15.

“Robert Adams.” The New Yorker, 22 October 2007: 38.

2005
Baker, Kenneth. “Robert Adams: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Fraenkel.” ARTnews, December 2005, 156.

Mack, Gerhard. “Zerstöres Paradies.” ART: Das Kunstmagazin, August 2005, 80-81.

Weski, Thomas. “Finding Peace Is a Long Journey.” Camera Austria 89, 2005, 9-21.

2004
Aletti, Vince. “Flashback.” Art & Auction 26, February 2004, 66-79.

2003
Beec, James. “Twentieth-century and Contemporary Exhibitions.” Burlington Magazine 145, February 2003, 110-12.

Campany, David. “Straight images, crooked history.” Art Review 54, June 2003, 68-73.

Falconer, Morgan. “Cruel and Tender.” Art Monthly, July/August 2003, 7-10.

Grant, Lucille. “Cruel and Tender: the real in the 20th century photograph.” RPS Journal 143, June 2003, 230.

Johnson, Ken. “Robert Adams: ‘Commercial / Residential.” New York Times, 6 June 2003.

Ramade, Benedicte. “Cruel et tendre à la fois.” Oeil, July/August 2003, 146.

Smith, Roberta. “Robert Adams ‘No Small Journeys: Across Parking Lots, Down City Streets.’” New York Times, 19 December 2003, E39.

2002
“Gallery Going.” New York Sun, 18 July 2002, 10.

Johnson, Ken. Review of ‘American Standard: (Para)Normality and Everyday Life.’ New York Times, 12 July 2002, E38.

Lehmann, Henry. “Placeless landscapes.” Montreal Gazette, October 2002.

Muller, Silke. “Die neunziger Jahre - oder: kein Licht am Ende des Tunnels.” ART: das Kunstmagazin, April 2002, 46-8.

Ratcliff, Carter. “Sensibility on parade.” Art in America 90, October 2002, 73, 75.

Rubinfien, Leo. “Robert Adams: Perfect Uncertainty.” Art in America 90, March 2002, 110-17, 140-1.

2001
Baker, Kenneth. “Robert Adams.” ARTnews 100, February 2001, 160.

Green, Alison. “Photography.” Art Monthly, May 2001, 1-4.

Olmo, Santiago B. “El cambio de paradigma del paisaje urbano.” Lapiz 20, October 2001, 36-53.

Woodward, Richard B. “Racing for Dollars, Photography Pulls Abreast of Painting.” New York Times, 25 March 2001.

2000
Bonetti, David. “Desolation and Beauty in L.A.” San Francisco Chronicle, 7 December 2000.

Muller, Silke. “Das Spiel der Kunste mit der Realitat.” ART: das Kunstmagazin, May 2000, 96-9.

Sheets, Hilarie M. “Robert Adams.” ARTnews 99, November 2000, 207.

Tadatsu, Takeshi. “Robert Adams.” The New Yorker, 4 December 2000.

1999
Aletti, Vince. “Pure Products of America.” Village Voice, 8 June 1999.

Boxer, Sarah. “Shades of Suburban Blues.” New York Times, 2 July 1999, E36.

“The Horizon.” [Special Issue: Steps in Space]. Aperture, Fall 1999, 64-75.

Kastner, Jeffrey. “American angst.” Art Monthly, July/August 1999, 19-23.

1998
Brooke, Elizabeth Heilman. “Land Lover.” ARTnews 97, February 1998, 98-101.

Hiss, Tony. “The Experience of Place.” Aperture, Winter 1998, 41-59.

Mock, Martha. “Report from Documenta X.” Photo Review 21, Winter 1998, 8-9.

1997
Amor, Monica. “Documenta X: The Double Triumph of the Political Referent over the Poetic Imaginary.” Art Nexus (Colombia), October-December 1997, 82-5.

Baker, Kenneth. “Desolate Images of Progress.” San Francisco Chronicle, 20 November 1997, D1.

Castro, X. Anton. “Un muestrario del fin de siglo?” Lapiz 16, October 1997, 18-24.

Craddock, Sacha. “Reviewpiece: Documenta X.” Creative Camera, October/November 1997, 46-7.

Jimenez, Carlos. “Historias de la Documenta.” Lapiz 16, October 1997, 24-33.

Johnson, Ken. “A Post-Retinal Documenta.” Art in America 85, October 1997, 80-8.

Milroy, Sarah. “Boom.” Canadian Art 14, Fall 1997, 64-6.

Reus, Jaume. “Politics/poetics: un recorrido antropologico.” Lapiz 16, November 1997, 30-43.

1996
Goin, Peter. “Beauty and the Beholder.” See Magazine, no. 2, 1996.

Wonnacott, Justin. “A Globe that was Flat.” Blackflash 14, Summer 1996, 4-9.

1995
Jones, Malcolm. “The Littoral Truth.” Newsweek, 13 November 1995.

1993
Wauters, Anne. “Les restes du rêve americain.” Art et Culture 7, April 1993: 24.

1992
Weintraub, Laural. “Passages de l'image.” Photo Metro 11, May 1992, 23.

1991
Kozloff, Max. “Ghastly News from Epic Landscapes.” American Art 5, Winter/Spring 1991, 108-31.

Lopez, Barry. “Faith in the Light: The Photography of Robert Adams.” Northwest Review 29, no. 2, 1991, 33-6.

1990
Caruso, Laura. “Photographs by Robert Adams.” Boulder Daily Camera, 1 July 1990, 5.

1989
Baltz, Lewis. “The Raft of the Medusa: American Photography in the 1980s.” Revue Française d'Etudes Américaines 14, no. 39, 1989, 71-83.

Campbell, Kathleen. “The Landscape Photograph in the Postmodern Age.” SF Camerawork 16, Summer/Fall 1989, 11-15.

Ranta, Rachel. “Streets and Trees.” Spot 8, Fall 1989, 20-1.

1987
Baltz, Lewis. Camera Austria, no. 22, 1987, 3-10.

1984
Baltz, Lewis. “Konsumerterror: Late-Industrial Alienation.” Aperture, no. 96, 1984, 4-7, 76.

———. “Robert Adams: Our Lives and Our Children.” Artspace 8, Fall 1984, 52-3.

Bright, Deborah. “Once upon a time in the West: New Landscapes by Terry Husebye and Mark Klett. Afterimage 12, December 1984, 16-17.

Peral, E. “From Pictorialism to the Current Avant-Gardes.” Arte Fotografico 33, no. 10, 1984, 1086-8.

Szarkowski, John. “An Interview with John Szarkowski.” Interview by Andy Grundberg. Afterimage 12, October 1984, 12-13.

1982
Wollheim, P. “The Aesthetics of Accommodation: Robert Adams.” Vanguard 11, September 1982, 14-17.

1979
Foster, Hal. Review of ‘Robert Adams’ Exhibition, Castelli Graphics, New York. Artforum 17, April 1979, 69-70.

Gibson, E. “New York.” Art International 23, Summer 1979, 74-7.

1978
Jeffrey, Ian. “Photo-Pranksters: 23 Photographic Directions at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.” Artscribe, October 1978, 45-8.

1976
Frackman, N. Review of ‘Robert Adams’ Exhibition, Castelli Graphics, New York. Arts Magazine 51, September 1976, 13-19.

Rubinfein, Leo. Review of ‘Robert Adams’ Exhibition, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Artforum 14, June 1976, 67-9.

———. “Recent American Photography.” Creative Camera, September 1976, 294-5.

Sheffield, M. Review of ‘Robert Adams’ Exhibition, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Studio International 91, May/June 1976, 290-3.


Books and Portfolios by the Artist

2011
Sea Stories. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.

This Day: Photographs from Twenty-Five Years, The Northwest Coast. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.

2009
Gone? Text by Heinz Liesbrock. Göttingen: Steidl; London: Thames & Hudson [distributor], 2009.

Robert Adams: Tree Line. Göteberg: Hasselblad Foundation; Göttingen, Steidl, 2009.

Summer Nights, Walking: Along the Colorado Front Range, 1976-1982. Revised and expanded edition. New York: Aperture; New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2009.

2007
Questions for an Overcast Day. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery; New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2007.

Time Passes. Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain; London: Thames & Hudson [distributor], 2007.

2005
Turning Back: A Photographic Journal of Re-Exploration. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery; New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2005.

Pine Valley. Tuscon: Nazraeli Press; San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2005.

2003
No Small Journeys: Across Parking Lots, Down City Streets. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2003.

Commercial Residential Landscapes Along the Colorado Front Range, 1968-1972. New York: Roth Horowitz LLC, 2003.

2001
Bodhisattva: A Gandaharan Face. Tuscon: Nazraeli Press, 2001.

Sunlight, Solitude, Democracy, Home… Texts by Fillin-Yen, Susan and Leo Rubenfien Portland: Douglas F. Colley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College; Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2001.

2000
California: Views by Robert Adams of the Los Angeles Basin, 1978-1983. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery; New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2000.

1999
Notes for Friends: Along Colorado Road. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 1999.

Eden. New York: Roth Horowitz LLC, 1999.

I Hear the Leaves and Love the Light. Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 1999.

1996
Essais sur le Beau en Photographie: Défense des valeurs traditionelles. Paris: Fanlac, 1996.

1995
West from the Columbia. New York: Aperture, 1995.

What We Bought: The New World: Denver 1973-1974. Hanover: Stiftung Nedersachsen, 1995.

La Bellezza in Fotografia. Translated by Paolo Costantini and Antonello Frongia. Turin: Bollati Boringhieri, 1995.

Cottonwoods: Photographs by Robert Adams. Edited by Richard B. Woodward. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press; London: Constance Sullivan Editions, 1995.

1994
Adams, Robert and William Stafford. Listening to the River: Seasons in the American West. New York: Aperture, 1994.

1991
“Photographs by Robert Adams.” Northwest Review 29, no. 2 (1991): 37-45.

1989
To Make It Home: Photographs of the American West. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York: Aperture, 1989.

1988
Perfect Times, Perfect Places. New York: Aperture, 1988.

1986
Los Angeles Spring. New York: Aperture, 1986.

1985
Summer Nights. New York: Aperture, 1985.

1983
Our Lives and Our Children: Photographs Taken Near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. New York: Aperture, 1983.

1982
“Our Lives and Our Children: Pictures Taken Near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant.” Aperture, Fall 1982, 47-63.

1980
From the Missouri West: Photographs by Robert Adams. Millerton, New York: Aperture, 1980.

1978
Prairie: Photographs by Robert Adams. Denver: The Denver Art Museum, 1978.

1977
Denver: A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1977.

[Portfolio of landscape photographs]. Creative Camera (September 1976): 296-9.

1974
Adams, Robert and John Szarkowski. The New West: Landscapes Along the Colorado Front Range. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1974.

The Architecture and Art of Early Hispanic Colorado. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1974.

1970
White Churches of the Plains: Examples from Colorado. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1970.


Essays and Statements by Robert Adams

1994
Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews. New York: Aperture, 1994.

1992
“Why can't photographers explain?” American Art 6, Winter 1992, 12-15.

1989
Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values. New York: Aperture, 1989.

1986
“The Achievement of Edward Weston: The Biography I'd Like to Read.” In EW: 100 - Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward Weston. Edited by Peter C. Bunnell. Carmel, California: Friends of Photography, 1986.

“Beauty in Photography.” Photography 1986 Annual. New York: CBS Magazines, 1986.

1983
Introduction to The American Space: Meaning in Nineteenth-Century Landscape Photography. Edited by Daniel Wolf. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1983.

1979
“Robert Adams.” In Photography Between Covers: Interviews with Photo-Bookmakers. By Thomas Dugan. Rochester: Light Impressions, 1979.