Robert Adams

PINE VALLEY Anne Porter

This is a book about a place at once alive and serene. Robert Adams had been photographing the cut over remains of northwestern forests when one day, near Hells Canyon, he came upon a valley of unaccountable promise. The pines for which the valley was named had been mostly logged-off, but cottonwoods and fruit trees had grown up since then. In the high desert light the new trees reminded me of what originally brought me to photography beauty. As simple as that.

The Valley is located next to Oregons high desert. Most of the pines for which it was named have been cut, but it is still an oasis. In the morning and evening there are quail sweet-whistling quail as Anne Porter called them that walk near the house in lines of family. Robert Adams