Adam Davies

Marfa, Texas + Outer Cape, Massachusetts

These early photographs were made as an Artist in Residence at the Chinati Foundation, Marfa in West Texas in 2009 and as a 2008-09 Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown in Massachusetts. The images explore the dynamic relationship between the natural and manmade environments. More than just describing a specific place, they make visible the underlying structures of landscape.

For me, the process of making photographs is the way in which I become present in the landscape, and the landscape becomes present in me. Every finished photograph exists on an infinite horizon of interpretation – it can be examined and reexamined – opening up different worlds and revealing secrets and paradoxes.

Introductory Quote

The camera records [our] imprint on the environment in the same way that expanding concentric circles travel through the ocean for days after a large ship has sunk, inscribing the water miles away.

— Taylor Baldwin

Portfolio

Salt Flats, Pecos, TX pigment print 102 × 127 cm 40" × 50" 2009
West Texan desert landscape and abandoned farming equipment after a rainstorm, this area has extremely elevated salt levels in the soil inhibiting growth and the puddles of water bring up the white, silvery salt particles to the surface.
Lighting Storm & Fire, Marfa, TX pigment print 102 × 127 cm 40" × 50" 2009
Lighting storm in Marfa, Texas. On the horizon on the right is the smoke from a brushfire that was ignited by the lightning.
Military Hospital, Marfa, TX pigment print 102 × 127 cm 40" × 50" 2009
The abandoned walls of an old military hospital in Marfa, Texas, built prior to World War II.
Sacred Heart Church, Ruidosa, TX pigment print 102 × 127 cm 40" × 50" 2009
Interior of old adobe church in Ruidosa, Texas, unusual because of the arched doorways. Historic graffiti scratched into the walls.
Highway Divide, Fort Davis, TX pigment print 127 × 102 cm 50" × 40" 2009
Vertical landscape bisected by elevated highway. The highway divides the picture between the water and greenery below and the dry desert landscape above.
After Brush Fire, Valentine, TX pigment print 102 × 127 cm 40" × 50" 2009
The burnt landscape of field damaged by brushfire from a lightning strike. Melted plastic cattle trough on the right of the picture.
Mill Pond, Truro, MA pigment print 82 × 102 cm 32" × 40" 2009
In a pond in the winter, a whirlpool is caused by a large metal pipe in the foreground.
Longnook Road, Truro, MA pigment print 82 × 102 cm 32" × 40" 2009
An abandoned large wooden board lies on the ground in a wild field in Truro.
Marconi Station, Wellfleet, MA pigment print 82 × 102 cm 32" × 40" 2009
A frozen white cedar swamp, the green lichen on the trees and moss at their base remain green through the winter.
Bennett Road, Provincetown, MA pigment print 82 × 102 cm 32" × 40" 2009
Standing water in the woods that has turned deep red from fallen leaves.
Castle Road, Truro, MA pigment print 82 × 102 cm 32" × 40" 2008
Bare trees in the foreground frame a salt water swamp.
Murchison House, Provincetown, MA pigment print 82 × 102 cm 32" × 40" 2009
Outdoor swimming pool filled with snow.
Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, MA pigment print 82 × 102 cm 32" × 40" 2008
Beach covered in deep fog.
Beech Forest, Provincetown, MA pigment print 82 × 102 cm 32" × 40" 2009
A forest covered in fine hanging ivy.