Adobe chapel, Medina Plaza, along the Purgatory River, Colorado 1964

This photograph of an adobe chapel in Medina Plaza, Colorado, was taken by Robert Adams. It’s an image that speaks softly, in shades of grey, charting a dance between light and form. The texture of the chapel's wall, mottled and rough, is like a canvas that time itself has worked on. You can almost feel the grit of the adobe. Look closely at the corrugated roof; the lines create a rhythm that draws the eye upward, past the simple cross at the top. These aren't grand gestures, but subtle details that invite you to pause, to consider. It reminds me of Agnes Martin's grids, or maybe some of the quiet, contemplative spaces in a Morandi painting. All these works embrace simplicity, finding depth in the everyday and overlooked. Adams, like those painters, shows us how much there is to see when we slow down.