Bulldozed Slash, Tillamook County, Oregon
Artist
Robert Adams
(American, born 1937)
CultureAmerican
Date1977
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (18.1 × 22.5 cm)
Overall, Paper: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (36.8 × 44.5 cm)
Overall, Paper: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (36.8 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel
Object number2007.12.10
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print is of shrubbery and trees. There is a path through the foliage where broken tree limbs, uprooted trees and matted down plant life are on the ground.Label Textbottom Robert Adams American, born 1937 Bulldozed Slash, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1977 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel 2007.12.10 An entirely new kind of landscape emerged in 20th-century America, the result of rapid suburbanization and industrial growth and decline. A young generation of photographers began documenting this human-altered landscape, producing deliberately deadpan views of industrial parks, sprawling suburbs, and littered roadways. Neither overly critical nor entirely indifferent, these photographers rejected scenes of majestic nature for “topographic” views that take after 19th-century survey photographs. Above, Michael Smith focuses on a thicket cropped to the edge of a roadway, suggesting the delicate balance between nature and civilization. Below, Robert Adams confronts the viewer with a dense jungle of trunks and branches, evoking the sense of confusion when seeking to control nature. ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007 Exhibition History"New Light on Land: Photographs from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 28 - May 15, 2016.
Ansel Adams
1937, printed 1980
