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The question of hope : photographs in Western Oregon

Title
The question of hope : photographs in Western Oregon / Robert Adams.
Author
Adams, Robert, 1937-
Publication
  • Portland, Oregon : Nazraeli Press, in cooperation with the Portland Art Museum, [2013]
  • ©2013

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TextUse in library MFX (Adams) 15-3746Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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Additional Authors
  • Dolan, Julia
  • Portland Art Museum (Or.), host institution.
Description
53 pages : chiefly illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"The question of hope is especially urgent because of environmental threats. One such peril, deforestation, is the subject of the first half of this book, where pictures of it suggest a war zone. The subject of the second half of the book, light on the sea, might initally seem disconnected from the first, but in combination they have about them what Samuel Johnson once called "the stability of truth," in this case a recognizable balance of harsh facts and dateless, mysterious consolation. Robert Adams has studied both elements--our failed stewardship and the promise implied by beauty--across much of the American West. He has over the years also photographed them near where he lives on the Oregon coast, and it is this local caring that gives The Question of Hope much of its intensity."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Adams, Robert, 1937- > Exhibitions
  • Adams, Robert, 1937-
  • Landscape photography > Oregon > Exhibitions
  • Deforestation > Oregon > Pictorial works
  • Coasts > Oregon > Pictorial works
  • Coasts
  • Deforestation
  • Landscape photography
  • Oregon
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • "Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The Question of Hope: Robert Adams in Western Oregon," organized by the Portland Art Museum, September 7, 2013-January 5, 2014"--Colophon.
  • Essay by Julia Dolan.
Call Number
MFX (Adams) 15-3746
ISBN
  • 9781590053829
  • 1590053826
OCLC
861756255
Author
Adams, Robert, 1937- photographer.
Title
The question of hope : photographs in Western Oregon / Robert Adams.
Publisher
Portland, Oregon : Nazraeli Press, in cooperation with the Portland Art Museum, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Dolan, Julia, author.
Portland Art Museum (Or.), host institution.
Research Call Number
MFX (Adams) 15-3746
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