Dispatches From a Ruined Paradise
Robert Adams
Possibly this is what Adams means by “untranslatable mystery”: not merely that the world is mysterious but that a photograph can be, too, not as a translation but as a new statement, faithful to its own form. This is one part that touched me from Teju Cole’s article. We can see that what Adam pictured are usual scenes like natural environment in California and Highways. But they are unique in a way. They are hopeful and peaceful within the gray tune created by Adams.
“What Can We Believe Where?”: “Along the way, however, the camera also caught evidence against hope, and I eventually concluded that this too belonged in pictures if they were to be truthful and thus useful.” And this talks about a new question on what if pictures cannot bring us hope. And it talks about the truth showing in photos. And I felt that the real power of hope. No matter what the themes are, these photos will shine in their unique way only if they express real power.