New Housing, Longmont, Colorado

Robert Adams, New Housing, Longmont, Colorado, 1973, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.9, © 1973, Robert Adams
Copied Robert Adams, New Housing, Longmont, Colorado, 1973, gelatin silver print, sheet: 6 x 7 5⁄8 in. (15.1 x 19.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.9, © 1973, Robert Adams

Artwork Details

Title
New Housing, Longmont, Colorado
Artist
Date
1973
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 6 x 7 5⁄8 in. (15.1 x 19.3 cm)
Copyright
© 1973, Robert Adams
Credit Line
Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Cityscape — Colorado — Longmont
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Occupation — industry — construction
Object Number
1983.63.9
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.63.9

Artwork Description

As both a photographer and writer, Robert Adams is committed to describing the western American landscape as both awe-inspiring and scarred by man. In New Housing, Longmont, Colorado, Adams contrasted the vast space of the distant landscape view with a foreground image of the wall of a newly constructed suburban tract house. Adams invites a consideration of the balance between myth and reality and the land as home as well as scenic backdrop.


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