"In the paintings where it's there—the tenderness—I work for it. I'm not afraid of it. If I could put my bleeding heart in there, I would."
"Sitka Spruce, Cape Blanco State Park, Curry County, Oregon" (1999-2003)
"Sitka Spruce, Cape Blanco State Park, Curry County, Oregon," 1999-2003
From the series "Turning Back" Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches
© Robert Adams
Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
From the series "Turning Back" Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches
© Robert Adams
Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
"It isn’t all bad, looking inland. There are a few state parks where there’s still some indication of what it meant to be in a forest. This is a picture at Cape Blanco, which is often fog shrouded. This Sitka spruce stands within about a hundred feet of the edge of the headland...."
- Robert Adams



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