Famous+Photographer


 * __Robert Adams__**

Robert Adams was born on May 8, 1937 in Orange, New Jersey and lived in Madison, Wisconsin briefly before moving to Wheat Ridge, Colorado in 1952. During his childhood, Adams often accompanied his father on walks and hikes through the woods. Adams was a Boy Scout and worked in the summers of his adolescence boys' camps in the Rocky Mountains. In 1955, he hunted for the last time. In 1959, Adams enrolled in the University of Colorado, Boulder for his freshman year, but decided to transfer the next year to the University of Redlands in California. He received his B.A. in English from Redlands in 1959, and then went on to USC for his postgraduate study in English, from which he received his Ph.D. in English in 1965. In 1963, Adams bought a 35mm reflex camera and began to take pictures mostly of nature and architecture. He soon read complete sets of Camera Work and Aperture at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. He learned photographic technique from Myron Wood, a professional photographer who lived in Colorado. In 1967, he began to teach only part-time in order to have more time to photograph. Robert Adams takes mainly Artistic photographs, some of the design principles used in his photographs are the rule of thirds, framing, and balance. In the first photo on my page the lighting is very interesting because it is dark except for the lights on the fair rides in the park. The lighting in the very last picture of the gas station is also very interesting because the light is not coming from the sun as much as it is coming from the light above the station which adds a very dramatic effect. Background 20/20 Influences 4/5 Style/Genre 3/5 5 Photos and Description 18/25 Total 45/55