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“When art is defined by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, you've got a society that's impoverished.”

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Robert Adams, born on May 8, 1937, is an American photographer known for his profound depiction of the urban and rural landscapes of the American Midwest. His work focuses on the impact of human activity on the natural environment. more

“I began making pictures because I wanted to record what supports hope: the untranslatable mystery and beauty of the world. Along the way, however, the camera also caught evidence against hope, and I eventually concluded that this, too, belonged in pictures if they were to be truthful and thus useful.”

Ifs World Way Wanted Support Records Mystery Evidence Cameras Caught Truthful Being Truthful Beauty Of The World

Author:Robert Adams

“I thought I was taking pictures of things that I hated. But there was something about these pictures. They were unexpectedly, disconcertingly glorious.”

Hated Glorious Taking Pictures

Author:Robert Adams

“My first show at MoMA in New York was pictures of new developments along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. They were housing developments that were brutal in many ways, that cared almost not a thing for the human beings inside. They were just designed to make money.”

Way Firsts Humans Shows Human Beings New York Development Mountain Edges Making Money Brutal Eastern Housing Rocky Mountain

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“The experience of life that you and I have is pretty much a jigsaw puzzle in the box: Day-to-day experiences of disconnected pieces that don't seem to justify the efforts we make each day.”

Seems Effort Pieces Boxes Each Day Justify Day To Day Puzzles Disconnected Jigsaw Jigsaw Puzzles

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“You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn out. If you, as an artist, are just focused inward, you're going to eventually be irrelevant.”

Ifs Persons Political Artist Talking Focused Inward Irrelevant Burn Out

Author:Robert Adams

“I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.”

Believe Beautiful I Believe Products

Author:Dorothea Lange

“The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable.”

Life Is Photography Photographer Enormous Visuals Undertakings Unattainable Photography By Photographers Great Photography Art Photography

Book:Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field

Source: Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field

“So I'm in quite the wrong profession obviously.”

Profession

Book:A Particular Friendship

Source: A Particular Friendship

“Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.”

“I am always stimulated by people. Almost never by ideas.”

People Ideas Photographer

Author:Richard Avedon

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