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    America, the (disappearing) beautiful

    Robert Adams' obsession with the decay and beauty of the American landscape is on display at the National Gallery's exhibition "American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams."
    by Susan Stamberg Aug 12, 2022 2 minutes
    Robert Adams, <em>Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs</em>, 1969 gelatin silver print image: 14 x 14.9 cm (5 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.) Private collection, San Francisco.

    This photograph is good for your biceps. It's on the cover of a heavy, large, impressive catalogue for the A perfect choice, this picture, to express Adams' obsession: the American landscape, and what's happened to it in the 85 years he's been looking at it.

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