Although he is perhaps best known for picturing a damaged or modified American geography in publications such as The New West (1974) and From the Missouri West (1980), here Adams has recorded scenes that are flawless, efficiently implying the necessity of maintaining and fighting for these spaces. A New York Times article about the photographer published in 1989 immediately comprehended the stakes of Adams' project: "Robert Adams' pictures are not designed to be overtly political, but like any deeply felt images they are capable of reorganizing the way we perceive the world." With Perfect Places, Perfect Company, Adams shows us what we stand to lose.