In nighttime photographs made using only the available light of the moon, street lights, or the headlights of passing cars, the artist explores a melancholy peace and calm in a suburban Denver neighborhood. Summer Nights is a sequence of nightscapes photographed along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Adams's attention to the subtleties of extreme light and dark emphasizes his appeal to look again at places often overlooked. "What attracted me to the subjects at a new hour," he observes, "was the discovery of a neglected peace."
