Robert Adams Livres

One of the clearest presentations of India's Advaita Vedanta, the doctrine of Oneness. Adams, an American student of the great master, Ramana Maharshi, discourses with wisdom and delightful humor as he clarifies for Westerners India's teaching of Ultimate Reality.

Für seinen neuesten Band, An Old Forest Road, streifte Robert Adams durch ein abgeschiedenes Waldgebiet, unweit vom Wohnort des Fotografen im amerikanischen Nordwesten gelegen, der jenseits der Naturreservate kiometerweit von Kahlschlag geprägt ist. In der Bilderfolge spielt das Sonnenlicht eine wesentliche Rolle, dringt durch dichtes Geäst und deckt verborgene Strukturen und Formen des Waldes auf. Nicht weniger präsent sind die Schatten, die den Weg versperren, ihn zum Tor zu einem unbekannten Ort werden lassen. Robert Adams arbeitet seit fünfzig Jahren als Landschaftsfotograf. Sein besonderes Anliegen ist es, das Geheimnisvolle der Landschaft im Bild bannen und zugleich auf unser Versagen in einem stets verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit ihr hinzuweisen. Robert Adams has been a landscape photographer for fifty years, concerned to acknowledge both the landscape's mystery and our sometimes failed stewardship.

Exploring the Denver metropolitan area from 1968 to 1974, this trilogy by Robert Adams delves into the stark realities of urban development. Through his documentary photography, Adams eschews romanticism, presenting a candid view of environmental degradation. The works showcase his mastery in both capturing poignant images and sequencing them poetically, reflecting on humanity's impact on the landscape. Together, these books offer a profound commentary on the changing West and the complexities of modernity.

Exploring the evolving landscape of the Denver metropolitan area from 1968 to 1974, this trilogy showcases Robert Adams's keen eye for documentary photography. The works avoid romanticizing the American West, instead presenting a stark, honest portrayal of human impact on the environment. Adams's artistry shines through, as he masterfully sequences images to create a compelling narrative about the region's transformation, highlighting both beauty and desolation in the modern landscape.

Landscapes will soon no longer exist the way we know them. Global warming melts the Antarctic ice, slash and burn reduces the forests, rivers die of industrial pollution, grassland gives way to cities as the human population grows. How do photographic artists respond? Do they glorify nature or is it their aim to enlighten the spectator?Vanishing Landscapes provides different viewpoints from twenty internationally renowned photographers including Robert Adams, Edward Burtynsky, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Joel Sternfield, and Thomas Struth, with short commentaries by the artists, and an introduction by John Berger. About 30 of the photographs were specially commisioned for this book.

The eight essays in Beauty in Photography provide a critical appreciation of photography by one of its foremost proponents. The result is a rare book of criticism, alive to the pleasure and mysteries of true exploration.

The narrative follows a family physician who transitions from delivering babies and managing health crises to serving in war-torn Iraq. In this challenging environment, he treats military personnel, civilians, and their families, confronting the profound joys and heartaches of his experiences. Through his journey, he gains a deeper appreciation for life and the complexities of human suffering, highlighting the emotional and ethical challenges faced by medical professionals in combat zones.

To see a landscape in the grain of wood: enchanting new paintings from the great American photographer In the spring of 2020, as he watched his country tested by the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert Adams (born 1937) discovered in his garage a small plank of wood that contained within its grains and textures a whole landscape of its own. This led to the creation, during a difficult time, of an unexpected series of works that drew upon Adams' long-buried fondness for certain aesthetic qualities of stillness and austerity. Over the next few months, using scrap wood from an old bookcase, hand tools that had belonged to his father and his grandfather, and block printing ink, Adams affirmed his own basis for hope beyond the pandemic in the beautiful 23 paintings that are gathered in this elegant volume.

Having lived in Southern California during his university years, Robert Adams returned to photograph the Los Angeles Basin in the late 1970s and early 1980s, concentrating on what was left of the citrus groves, eucalyptus and palm trees that once flourished in the area. The pictures, while foreboding, testify to a verdancy against the odds. Featuring sumptuous quadratone plates, this greatly expanded and revised edition of a title originally published in 1986 reinvigorates one of Adams’ most influential and admired bodies of work.

The question that this book raises is whether a romantic view of Denver and the American West was entirely wrong. We see enough of the sky, fields and mountains to believe that it was not - and perhaps is not - although the photographs catalog many ways in which we have compromised our vision. The book is about the past, bu it asks us to turn to the future, to a time when we might learn to live in harmony with the land and with each other-- Source inconnue

This volume is a personal compilation of quotations that have played a vital role in orienting Robert Adams’ life as a photographer. Copied down in private notebooks collected over six decades and now edited for the general reader, this meditative tapestry of words addresses the question: “What are the facts of our situation, and how might we respond?” From poets, novelists and songwriters to painters, photographers and more, the book features quotations from a revealing array of historic and contemporary figures including Diane Arbus, Ingmar Bergman, Paul Cézanne, Emily Dickinson, Dag Hammarskjöld, Dorothea Lange, Fran Lebowitz and Alfred Stieglitz. Adams has grouped these quotations into sections that correspond to the larger motifs in his œuvre, such as “Walking,” “Night” and “Long Views.” Taken together, they suggest the lineaments of an autobiography, one aimed at helping others by means of lived experience recorded in words.

In the mid-1970s, Robert Adams began recording nocturnal scenes near his former home in Longmont, Colorado. Illuminated by moon- light and streetlamp, suburban houses, roads, sidewalks and fields seemed transfigured. 25 years after first publishing a sequence of these pictures in 1985 as Summer Nights, he revisited his project, amending its title and completely re-editing its contents to create a more disquieting and thus more accurate reflection of his experience. Hailed as a new classic, Summer Nights, Walking went out of print soon after it was published in 2009. This sensitively enlarged edition, printed with the same exquisite care as the original, makes this revered body of work available to a new audience.

The intense challenges of Hell Week are vividly portrayed through the firsthand accounts of Robert Adams, MD, and his classmates. This gripping narrative details the harrowing experiences of SEAL candidates as they endure extreme cold, mud, and physically taxing trials. Out of seventy men, only eleven persevered to graduate and serve honorably in various SEAL and UDT teams for over four decades. Their journey reveals the mental fortitude required to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, showcasing the resilience and determination that define elite warriors.

This one-stop text for new and prospective social work students is easy to read and full of essential information and practical advice about what is needed to qualify and practice in social work.

OUT OF THE JAWS OF DESTRUCTIONWhen the Witchmen caused the earth to move and called forth the fires from the mountain's inner depths, the Moon Maidens, Ahrmehnee, and Thoheeks Bili's troops barely escaped with thier lives. Driven by the flames into territory said to be peopled by monstrous half-humnas, Bili was forced to choose between braving the dangers of nature gone mad or fighting the savage natives on their own ground. But before he could decide, his troops were spotted by the beings who claimed this eerie land as their own and would use powerful spells of magic and illusion to send any intruders to their doom...Cover image Copyright Ken KellyUK variant cover from Luis Royo

High-Lord of the ConfederationMilo of Morai's Northern Kingdom is under attack by the first wave of raiding boats from the Pirate Islands. To stave off the barbaric forces of King Zastros and his savage hordes, Milo must control the warring factions within his own far-flung empire. Brute strength and agile cunning are needed to form and hold together a strong confederation of loyal nations in the first ordered state since the cataclysm. Travel into the world of the future--into a time when man is recovering from a series of disasters that altered known geography and thousands of years of civilization. Earth's new man is gifted with supernormal mental powers, but also cursed with a primitive environment. Progress is measured by survival... IN THE BRUTAL WORLD OF THE HORSECLANS, EITHER YOU RIDE OR YOU DIE. "Among the best adventure stories." --Andre Norton "One of the best science fiction/fantasy series ever conceived." --Dragon magazine

The narrative follows Edwin Janes Barden, known as Ned, who joined the Union army at 26 as part of the 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Volunteers. This regiment, formed in New Haven on September 13, 1861, comprised 1,018 officers and men, reflecting the local commitment to the Civil War effort. The story highlights Ned's journey and experiences within this significant military unit from his hometown of Canaan, Connecticut.

One day in the early 1970s, Robert Adams and his wife saw from their home a column of smoke rise above the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, near Denver, Colorado. For an hour they watched the plume grow, tried without success to learn whether the fire involved the radioactive and extremely toxic plutonium, and experienced a sense of helplessness before what appeared to be a nuclear accident in progress. Ultimately it was announced that the fire was burning safely outside the plant, but as a result of their hour of uncertainty Adams decided to try to picture what of worth -- absolute worth -- stood to be lost in a nuclear catastrophe. Adams photographed Our Lives and Our Children in Denver and its suburbs; the individuals shown were within hazardous proximity of the Rocky Flats Plant. Their peril is representative, however, of a wider threat to all of us from nuclear weapons, one that continues in different forms to this day. The new Steidl edition of Our Lives and Our Children presents an expanded sequence of pictures that retains the potent compactness of the sought-after first edition (out of print for nearly three decades), while faithfully expressing the full-bodied tonalities of Adams's original prints.

Adams, Robert, Szarkowski, John, Liesbrock, Heinz, Weski, Thomas

A collection of inspiring essays by the photographer Robert Adams, who advocates the meaningfulness of art in a disillusioned society

Exploring the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, and spirituality, this book addresses issues like depression, postconcussion syndrome, and PTSD. It delves into the experiences of those suffering from these conditions, shedding light on their pain, heartache, and the societal stigma they face. By integrating various disciplines, the text aims to empower wounded individuals, offering them both a voice and a roadmap toward healing and restoration.

The narrative follows Robert Adams, a young combat soldier grappling with intense emotional and psychological challenges. His journey through the harrowing experiences of war catalyzes a profound transformation, pushing him from the innocence of boyhood into the harsh realities of manhood. The story delves into the complexities of fear, growth, and the impact of conflict on personal identity.

In the fall of 1968, Robert Adams, a college English teacher, found himself inexplicably drawn to photograph a nondescript area south of Colorado Springs whose most notable feature was a truck stop off the interstate. Unflinching in their description yet embodying a mysteriously radiant peace, the pictures Adams made of the otherwise graceless site confirmed for him a vital new way of relating to the world. He would parlay this revelation into The New West, the book that would establish both his photographs and his subject—the contemporary landscape of the American frontier—as matters of wider consequence. This pivotal early series has been re-edited to include previously unpublished pictures from the period.

The view from Lookout Mountain west of Denver is of natural forms and our imprint on them, of the timeless and the passing. Generations have made their way there to find perspective on the city and the plains beyond. Robert Adams photographed from the overlook in 1970, and again in 1984. For this volume, he has assembled a selection of views, by him and by others, which document a complex location that inspires both hope and despair.

The challenge in creating this concise publication was determining what to add to the extensive body of work on Robert Adams. This booklet features a carefully curated selection of rare street photographs taken by Adams in the 1970s, capturing urban and suburban Americans near Denver, Colorado. Witnessing smoke rising from a nearby nuclear weapons plant instilled a sense of fateful helplessness in Adams, prompting him to depict his fellow citizens in their daily routines as a metaphor for the value of life amidst existential threats. Born in 1937, Adams began his photography career in the mid-1960s and is a key figure in the New Topographics movement. He has published over forty books, primarily focusing on the American landscape, and continues to live and work in northwest Oregon. This publication, developed in collaboration with the Fondation A Stichting in Brussels, aims to showcase these unique street photographs while exploring profound themes of life and vulnerability in the face of potential catastrophe.