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Shelby Lee Adams

The Book of Life

Shelby Lee Adams John Rohrbach

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English
Steidl Verlag
27 June 2024
The Book of Life

presents Shelby Lee Adam's color photographs of

four generations of the Appalachian people. Adams began photo - graphing the inhabitations of the rural Appalachian mountain range

in 1974, using black-and-white film and Polaroid materials. In time

he also worked with color Kodachrome film, invariably returning to

the Eastern Kentucky region where he was born. By 2010 Adams was

photographing exclusively in digital color, and this book marks the first

time he is sharing his color work.

Adams has consistently focused on the valleys and homes of

Kentucky families, relatives and neighbors in a predominantly seven-

county region. He has often revisited individuals and families many

times over decades, distributing his photos and books while creating

new pictures. This personal approach has led to the creation of

genuine and deep relationships between photographer and subject,

in which the subject is often involved in unusually creative ways,

verbalizing the emotions they would like to express during the shoot,

and where and how they would like to be depicted.

'These portraits are, in a way, self-portraits that represent a long

autobiographical exploration of creativity, imagination, vision,

repulsion and salvation. My greatest fear as a photographer is to l ook into the eyes of my subject and not see my own reflection.' -Shelby Lee Adams
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Imprint:   Steidl Verlag
Country of Publication:   Germany
Dimensions:   Height: 320mm,  Width: 240mm, 
ISBN:   9783958294189
ISBN 10:   3958294189
Pages:   184
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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