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16. The interior of Cape Disappointment, Pacific County, Washington. Houses and a golf course are to be constructed here. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
16. The interior of Cape Disappointment, Pacific County, Washington. Houses and a golf course are to be constructed here. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

16. The interior of Cape Disappointment, Pacific County, Washington. Houses and a golf course are to be constructed here. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration

Artist (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 number2006.026.016
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
32. Fort Columbia State Park, Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
32. Fort Columbia State Park, Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.032
51. An eroding clearcut, Pacific County, Washington. Erosion is an inevitable consequence of clearcutting. No people in history have clearcut without damaging the soil. If one turns a globe—China, India, the Near East, Europe, the eastern seaboard reminded that some degree of long-term deforestation has been the rule with clearcutting, and that this in turn has resulted in the diminishment of whole societies. Significantly, China has recently “stopped clearcutting native forests” and has “subsidized retraining of hundreds of thousands of loggers.” (The Oregonian, January 25, 2004) From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
51. An eroding clearcut, Pacific County, Washington. Erosion is an inevitable consequence of clearcutting. No people in history have clearcut without damaging the soil. If one turns a globe—China, India, the Near East, Europe, the eastern seaboard reminded that some degree of long-term deforestation has been the rule with clearcutting, and that this in turn has resulted in the diminishment of whole societies. Significantly, China has recently “stopped clearcutting native forests” and has “subsidized retraining of hundreds of thousands of loggers.” (The Oregonian, January 25, 2004) From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.051
53. An eroding clearcut, Pacific County, Washington. Erosion is an inevitable consequence of clearcutting. No people in history have clearcut without damaging the soil. If one turns a globe—China, India, the Near East, Europe, the eastern seaboard reminded that some degree of long-term deforestation has been the rule with clearcutting, and that this in turn has resulted in the diminishment of whole societies. Significantly, China has recently “stopped clearcutting native forests” and has “subsidized retraining of hundreds of thousands of loggers.” (The Oregonian, January 25, 2004) From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
53. An eroding clearcut, Pacific County, Washington. Erosion is an inevitable consequence of clearcutting. No people in history have clearcut without damaging the soil. If one turns a globe—China, India, the Near East, Europe, the eastern seaboard reminded that some degree of long-term deforestation has been the rule with clearcutting, and that this in turn has resulted in the diminishment of whole societies. Significantly, China has recently “stopped clearcutting native forests” and has “subsidized retraining of hundreds of thousands of loggers.” (The Oregonian, January 25, 2004) From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.053
87. Pacific County, Washington. Inside an industrial forest. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
87. Pacific County, Washington. Inside an industrial forest. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.087
88. Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
88. Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.088
100. Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
100. Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.100
1. On a hill above McGowan, Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
1. On a hill above McGowan, Pacific County, Washington.
From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.001
20. A logging road on a hill above McGowan, Pacific County, Washington. The trees in an industrial forest are not allowed to live beyond infancy, but until there is further climate change or the soil is exhausted the landscape remains green. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
20. A logging road on a hill above McGowan, Pacific County, Washington. The trees in an industrial forest are not allowed to live beyond infancy, but until there is further climate change or the soil is exhausted the landscape remains green. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.020
52. An eroding clearcut, Pacific County, Washington. Erosion is an inevitable consequence of clearcutting. No people in history have clearcut without damaging the soil. If one turns a globe—China, India, the Near East, Europe, the eastern seaboard reminded that some degree of long-term deforestation has been the rule with clearcutting, and that this in turn has resulted in the diminishment of whole societies. Significantly, China has recently “stopped clearcutting native forests” and has “subsidized retraining of hundreds of thousands of loggers.” (The Oregonian, January 25, 2004) From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
52. An eroding clearcut, Pacific County, Washington. Erosion is an inevitable consequence of clearcutting. No people in history have clearcut without damaging the soil. If one turns a globe—China, India, the Near East, Europe, the eastern seaboard reminded that some degree of long-term deforestation has been the rule with clearcutting, and that this in turn has resulted in the diminishment of whole societies. Significantly, China has recently “stopped clearcutting native forests” and has “subsidized retraining of hundreds of thousands of loggers.” (The Oregonian, January 25, 2004) From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.052
26. A large Sitka spruce, Fort Columbia State Park, Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
26. A large Sitka spruce, Fort Columbia State Park, Pacific County, Washington. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.026
9. The Columbia River from the Washington side. Lewis and Clark traveled the Columbia by log canoe in order to reach the Pacific and to return. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
9. The Columbia River from the Washington side. Lewis and Clark traveled the Columbia by log canoe in order to reach the Pacific and to return. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.009
30. Sitka spruce, Cape Blanco State Park, Curry County, Oregon. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
30. Sitka spruce, Cape Blanco State Park, Curry County, Oregon. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.030