Denver, Colorado 1981

Robert Adams's 1981 black and white photograph "Denver, Colorado" depicts a family of three, likely a father, a mother, and a young child, leaving a grocery store. The father is holding a cell phone, his back turned to the camera. The child is seated in the shopping cart full of groceries, including soda bottles from "King Soopers" supermarket, and the mother walks alongside. The image is a classic example of Adams's work, which often focuses on the American landscape and the impact of human development on it.