Shelby Lee Adams (born 1950)[1] is an American environmental portrait photographer and artist best known for his images of Appalachian family life.
Life and career [edit]
Adams has photographed Appalachian families since the mid-1970s.[2] He had first encountered the poor families of the Appalachian mountains as a child, travelling around the area with his uncle, who was a doctor.[3] His work has been published in three monographs: Appalachian Portraits (1993), Appalachian Legacy (1998), and Appalachian Lives (2003).
The True Meaning of Pictures [edit]
Adams was the subject of a documentary film by Jennifer Baichwal in 2002 - The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams's Appalachia. This was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, and at the Sundance Festival in 2003.[4][5] The film critiques and defends Adams' method in photographing holler dwellers for his previously published books.
Awards [edit]
Books by Adams [edit]
Permanent collections [edit]
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago[6]
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago[7]
- International Center of Photography, New York[8]
- Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne[9]
- Museum of Modern Art, New York[8]
- Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts[8][10]
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa[7]
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[11]
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC[12][8]
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam[7]
- Time Life Collection, Rockefeller Center, New York[citation needed]
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London[13]
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York[8]
References [edit]
- ^ Mark, Rebecca & Vaughan, Robert (2004) The South, Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-32734-6, p. 60-61
- ^ Foerstner, Abigail (1994) "Appalachia observed: Shelby Lee Adams exhibit features portraits out of a living past", Chicago Tribune, September 25, 1994, p. 18
- ^ "Vanishing Tribe", Mother Jones, Sept-Oct 1991, p. 52-55, retrieved 2010-10-18
- ^ Goddard, Peter (2002) "Photographer spies on the human drama: Shelby Lee Adams's Appalachian photographs capture undercurrent of pain", Toronto Star, August 31, 2002, p. H12.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (2003) "The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia", Variety, February 2, 3003, retrieved 2010-10-18
- ^ "The Home Funeral, 1990", catalogue entry, Art Institute of Chicago. Accessed 3 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Shelby Lee Adams", Museum of Contemporary Photography. Accessed 3 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Shelby Lee Adams, International Center of Photography. Accessed 3 August 2011.
- ^ "The collection", Musée de l'Élysée. Accessed 3 August 2011.
- ^ Catalogue search for "Shelby Lee Adams", Harvard Art Museums. Accessed 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Works by Shelby Lee Adams", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Accessed 3 August 2011.
- ^ Results of a search of the collection, 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Berthie Napier with Pipe and John", catalogue entry, Victoria and Albert Museum. Accessed 3 August 2011.
External links [edit]
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Adams, Shelby Lee |
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| Short description |
American photographer |
| Date of birth |
1950 |
| Place of birth |
Hazard, Kentucky |
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