Robert Adams [1937-old]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljVVFKjN0Dc

He was born in New Jersey in 1937. His black&white photographs document scenes of the latter American West. Although often devoid of human subjects, or sparsely populated, Adams’s photographs capture the physical traces of human life... and it's almost monotonous voice.

River on left, ocean on right. 1990
This image caught my attention through the barrier of rocks rolling right down the middle out into the horizon between 2 bodies of water. I then read that it was actually salt water on right and river water on the left. Pretty cool, for me at least :P It's really interesting to see the water on the left very calm and cool versus the fury of salt water.

1990

This made me think of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. It's like you know they don't want to really go where they have but, there doesn't seem to be a choice. They tried explaining it to the kid once but he didn't get it; none the less, he has to come along. The light coming in from the left adds that dramatic hint of A-Bomb.The males coming out from the shadows in contrast to the female glowing in light.  The sky, empty as the space around them... very de Chirico.

1990


The intense like makes this a Stepford home, with the wife getting dinner ready. The figure pops right out, even lighter than the sky up top, which he may have burned. 

1970-74

I realllly like this, the repetition, the cut and dry angles and shadows, the white house+maybe dark red tops... desserted and interesting. The large difference between the floor and sky...

1970