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...I felt that photography ought to start with and remain faithful to the appearance of the world, and in so doing record contradictions. The greatest pictures would then... find wholeness in the torn world.

Robert Adams

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Robert Adams
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 8
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Robert Hickman Adams
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