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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

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

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 number2006.026.020
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
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
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
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
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
85. A clearcut as seen from within the edge of a “beauty screen,” Clatsop County, Oregon. Timber companies now leave thin strips of woodland along public roads to mask clearcuts. When these deceptions cannot obscure the facts, corporations sometimes employ landscape architects to design clearcuts so that they will mimic the appearance of naturally open areas like meadows and rock slides. To further disguise their work, the forest products industry generates voluminous propaganda. Not many wars, even, have been justified by so much lying. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
85. A clearcut as seen from within the edge of a “beauty screen,” Clatsop County, Oregon. Timber companies now leave thin strips of woodland along public roads to mask clearcuts. When these deceptions cannot obscure the facts, corporations sometimes employ landscape architects to design clearcuts so that they will mimic the appearance of naturally open areas like meadows and rock slides. To further disguise their work, the forest products industry generates voluminous propaganda. Not many wars, even, have been justified by so much lying. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.085
86. A clearcut as seen from within the edge of a “beauty screen,” Clatsop County, Oregon. Timber companies now leave thin strips of woodland along public roads to mask clearcuts. When these deceptions cannot obscure the facts, corporations sometimes employ landscape architects to design clearcuts so that they will mimic the appearance of naturally open areas like meadows and rock slides. To further disguise their work, the forest products industry generates voluminous propaganda. Not many wars, even, have been justified by so much lying. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
86. A clearcut as seen from within the edge of a “beauty screen,” Clatsop County, Oregon. Timber companies now leave thin strips of woodland along public roads to mask clearcuts. When these deceptions cannot obscure the facts, corporations sometimes employ landscape architects to design clearcuts so that they will mimic the appearance of naturally open areas like meadows and rock slides. To further disguise their work, the forest products industry generates voluminous propaganda. Not many wars, even, have been justified by so much lying. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.086
71. Floras Creek, Curry County, Oregon. Research in South America has shown that the slow release of moisture held by some coastal forests is important to the formation of clouds that then take rain inland. Coastal deforestation is thus believed to contribute to climate change and desertification. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
71. Floras Creek, Curry County, Oregon. Research in South America has shown that the slow release of moisture held by some coastal forests is important to the formation of clouds that then take rain inland. Coastal deforestation is thus believed to contribute to climate change and desertification. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.071
72. Floras Creek, Curry County, Oregon. Research in South America has shown that the slow release of moisture held by some coastal forests is important to the formation of clouds that then take rain inland. Coastal deforestation is thus believed to contribute to climate change and desertification. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
72. Floras Creek, Curry County, Oregon. Research in South America has shown that the slow release of moisture held by some coastal forests is important to the formation of clouds that then take rain inland. Coastal deforestation is thus believed to contribute to climate change and desertification. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.072
73. Floras Creek, Curry County, Oregon. Research in South America has shown that the slow release of moisture held by some coastal forests is important to the formation of clouds that then take rain inland. Coastal deforestation is thus believed to contribute to climate change and desertification. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
73. Floras Creek, Curry County, Oregon. Research in South America has shown that the slow release of moisture held by some coastal forests is important to the formation of clouds that then take rain inland. Coastal deforestation is thus believed to contribute to climate change and desertification. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.073
74. Floras Creek, Curry County, Oregon. Research in South America has shown that the slow release of moisture held by some coastal forests is important to the formation of clouds that then take rain inland. Coastal deforestation is thus believed to contribute to climate change and desertification. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
74. Floras Creek, Curry County, Oregon. Research in South America has shown that the slow release of moisture held by some coastal forests is important to the formation of clouds that then take rain inland. Coastal deforestation is thus believed to contribute to climate change and desertification. From Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
Robert Adams
1999–2003
Object number: 2006.026.074
Image Not Available for USA, Washington State, This Is What Remains of Mount St. Helens After It Erupted on May 18, 1980. It Is Still Venting Sulphur Gas in 1981 When I Took This Photograph.
USA, Washington State, This Is What Remains of Mount St. Helens After It Erupted on May 18, 1980. It Is Still Venting Sulphur Gas in 1981 When I Took This Photograph.
James P. Blair
1981
Object number: 2020.041