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Arts > Photo > 20th, 21st century > USA > Shelby Lee Adams
Corrine, Bulan, 1979
Introductions led to further introductions and over the course of four decades he continued to work in this manner, photographing three, four or sometimes even five generations of the same families
Down in the hollers: eastern Kentucky mountain life – in pictures Shelby Lee Adams spent four decades gaining the trust of the people in these images, sometimes photographing up to five generations of the same family G Tue 18 Jul 2023 07.00 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/jul/18/
Lonnie and Leddie [sisters], Garner, 1986
Adams’ intention when he first began to take pictures had been to ‘photograph what I knew’
Down in the hollers: eastern Kentucky mountain life – in pictures Shelby Lee Adams spent four decades gaining the trust of the people in these images, sometimes photographing up to five generations of the same family G Tue 18 Jul 2023 07.00 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/jul/18/
Merle, Hindman, 1985
‘Years ago, some of my subjects told me they did not want to have their pictures placed in a book alongside their community’s “well-to-do”, the very ones who “put us down and make fun of us”.
I listened to them. They are sensitive to this issue. I heard their stories and have gained their trust’
Down in the hollers: eastern Kentucky mountain life – in pictures Shelby Lee Adams spent four decades gaining the trust of the people in these images, sometimes photographing up to five generations of the same family G Tue 18 Jul 2023 07.00 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/jul/18/
Shelby Lee Adams
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https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/jul/18/
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