New housing, Colorado Springs Possibly 1969 - 2005

Robert Adams made "New housing, Colorado Springs" using photography. It feels like Adams is walking us through a half-built American dream. I imagine him there, camera in hand, framing this in-between space. Look at the way the light falls. Those stark shadows almost dissect the scene, right? It's like he's asking, "What are we building here, really?" The two figures feel so out of place in this new development. They look stranded almost. And that old-school antenna on the roof – it's like a relic. I feel like this photo is having a conversation with the work of the New Topographics photographers, questioning our relationship to the land, and what progress really means. Photography, like painting, can show us what's already there, but also reveals a different way of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world. It's an ongoing exchange of ideas across time, inspiring new ways of embracing ambiguity and uncertainty.