42. Columbia County, Oregon. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Artist Robert Adams (American, born 1937)

Date1999–2003

Period20th-21st century

MediumGelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsMat Size: 14 x 18 inches

Credit LinePurchase with funds provided by Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.

Object number2006.026.042

Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art

_Place of OriginUnited States

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40. Columbia County, Oregon. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.040

41. Columbia County, Oregon. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.041

49. A stump next to Oregon Highway 47, Columbia County. Among the consequences of clearcutting is its effect on the human spirit. How conductive the practice is to a general attitude of contempt. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.049

54. Stacking the de-limbed trunks of an immature “harvest,” Columbia County, Oregon. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.054

75. Near Clatskanie, Columbia County, Oregon. Raymond Carver, the short story writer and poet, was born in Clatskanie. His family soon moved, but as a young man he worked in lumber mills in Chester and Eureka, California. The landscapes of industrial forestry are consonant with some of the hard truths about which he wrote. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.075

76. Near Clatskanie, Columbia County, Oregon. Raymond Carver, the short story writer and poet, was born in Clatskanie. His family soon moved, but as a young man he worked in lumber mills in Chester and Eureka, California. The landscapes of industrial forestry are consonant with some of the hard truths about which he wrote. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.076

78. Near Clatskanie, Columbia County, Oregon. Raymond Carver, the short story writer and poet, was born in Clatskanie. His family soon moved, but as a young man he worked in lumber mills in Chester and Eureka, California. The landscapes of industrial forestry are consonant with some of the hard truths about which he wrote. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.078

47. A clearcut, Columbia County, Oregon. Cable is frequently broken or snarled and abandoned in the process of dragging trees to a loading point. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.047

48. A clearcut, Columbia County, Oregon. Cable is frequently broken or snarled and abandoned in the process of dragging trees to a loading point. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.048

77. Near Clatskanie, Columbia County, Oregon. Raymond Carver, the short story writer and poet, was born in Clatskanie. His family soon moved, but as a young man he worked in lumber mills in Chester and Eureka, California. The landscapes of industrial forestry are consonant with some of the hard truths about which he wrote. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.077

2. Clatsop Beach, south of the Columbia River mouth, Oregon.
From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.002

3. Clatsop Beach, south of the Columbia River mouth, Oregon.
From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Robert Adams

1999–2003

Object number: 2006.026.003