Los Angeles Spring (New Images Book)

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Summary: Contemplating Eden
Review: In a world where industry and technology have wiped away almost all traces of the way the land used to look, it is incredibly rare to find a person who can see straight through the agricultural history of the past century. In Robert Adams book, Los Angeles Springs, he documents the landscape of Los Angeles as we often know it. But with closer investigation it becomes clear that he is showing us something different, something older. Adam shows us the distruction of land, but more importantly he shows us a hint of what the land might have looked like before it was touched by man. In doing this he not only shows us the past, but also a hope for the future.

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Summary: Paradise Lost
Review: Robert Adams is one of the most important photographers of the latter part of the 20th century and this may be his defining work. The clear-eyed, deceptively simple pictures in this book are heartbreaking in their message of our impact on our world. To quote from Adam's introduction, speaking of a stand of eucalyptus trees still remaining but scarred by shotgun fire: "Whether those trees that stand are reassuring is a question for a lifetime. All that is clear is the perfection of what we were given, the unworthiness of our response, and the certainty, in view of our current deprivation, that we are judged."

Rating:
Summary: Paradise Lost
Review: Robert Adams is one of the most important photographers of the latter part of the 20th century and this may be his defining work. The clear-eyed, deceptively simple pictures in this book are heartbreaking in their message of our impact on our world. To quote from Adam's introduction, speaking of a stand of eucalyptus trees still remaining but scarred by shotgun fire: "Whether those trees that stand are reassuring is a question for a lifetime. All that is clear is the perfection of what we were given, the unworthiness of our response, and the certainty, in view of our current deprivation, that we are judged."