Shelby Lee Adams Art
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
Hog Killing - Appalachia, Family, South, Black and White, Documentary
By Shelby Lee Adams
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Hog Killing by Shelby Lee Adams is a black and white photograph of as Appalachian family posing around freshly killed pig, in the process of cleaning the animal to later be eaten.
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1990s Contemporary Shelby Lee Adams Art
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Jacobs Girls
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Hog Killing
By Shelby Lee Adams
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Brothers at Bother's and Mother's Grave
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