Weld County, Colorado Possibly 1981 - 1988

Robert Adams made this photograph, 'Weld County, Colorado', on paper. In this black and white landscape, a lone tree stands in an open field beneath a dramatic sky. It's like Adams is saying, ‘Here I am, just a human, trying to make sense of this vast, overwhelming space.’ I imagine him, camera in hand, searching for a way to frame the loneliness and beauty of the American West. There’s a stillness in the image, but also a sense of tension – the dark clouds pressing down, the solitary tree reaching up. Adams is wrestling with how we shape the land and how it shapes us. And it reminds me that every artist is on a similar quest. They are always in conversation with the world around them, trying to capture something elusive and essential, and inspiring others.