Shelby Lee Adams Photography
American, b. 1950
Shelby Lee Adams is mainly known for documenting the people, culture and poverty of the Appalachian Mountains. This work was published in three monographs: Appalachian Portraits (1993), Appalachian Legacy (1998) and Appalachian Lives (2003). His poignant photographs are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the Fogg Museum at Harvard University and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
(Biography provided by PDNB Gallery)
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Artist: Shelby Lee Adams
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