Summer Nights is a sequence of nightscapes photographed along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Adams's attention to the subtleties of extreme light and dark emphasizes his appeal to look again at places often overlooked. "What attracted me to the subjects at a new hour," he observes, "was the discovery of a neglected peace."
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"It is difficult to imagine [one's beliefs] being expressed any more eloquently, or with more passion than they are here." --Andy Grundburg
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Robert Adams's photographs, most of which record the development of the modern American West, have been widely exhibited. His other books include Perfect Times, Perfect Places; Listening to the Rivers; and West from the Columbia.
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Robert Adams, born in 1937, came to prominence as part of the photographic movement known as New Topographics. His work has been widely exhibited both in Europe and the United States. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Spectrum International Prize for Photography, and the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.
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Between dreanming and Waking,
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Robert Adams' 'Summer Nights' has for me, been a seminal work in my development as an artist.The images in this book are evocative and powerful, yet plain and quiet. The book format and the sequencing of the images lend well to Mr Adams' style and subject matter. The quiet poetry of his night and evening journeys are a great begining and understanding into Mr Adams' work and ideas. This is one book that should have been republished many years ago!
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There will always be visually illiterate people who blame Robert Adams when they don't get his work. Don't cheat yourself by listening to these knee-jerk voices. Adams' images deserve better. They are subtle, quiet, personal, intricate, and interrelated. They do not reveal all their secrets quickly; they may not reveal them at all if you expect to absorb everything in the flash of a first glance, or if you expect the pictures to tell you outright what they mean.His pictures are for slow, quiet viewing, for approaching with curiosity and opennenss. Of all of his bodies of work (and there are many), Summer Nights strikes me as the most accessible. Some of his other work may seem cold and intellectual at first glance (it isn't, but still might seem that way, especially if you're used to more romanic, dramatic pictures of the landscape). But summer nights is immediately inviting. Among other things, it's about simple pleasures of simple experiences, in places close to home. There's something here for anyone willing to take the time to sit still and really look.
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Waste of money,
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When I received this book I was completely disappointed. The images were of poor quality and lacked artistic ability. I really thought it would have been a good book to look at. Out of all the images in the book only 2 were decent. The rest were amateur at best. I think the publisher needs to ask him/her self why.I might of well just thrown a $20 into the trash.
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