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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
Hog Killing - Appalachia, Family, South, Black and White, Documentary

Hog Killing - Appalachia, Family, South, Black and White, Documentary

By Shelby Lee Adams

Located in Denton, TX

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. G...

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1990s Contemporary Shelby Lee Adams Art

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Jacobs Girls

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Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print margin and verso. Born in 1950, American photographer Shelby Lee Adams is mainly known for documenting the people...

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Brothers at Bother's and Mother's Grave

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Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print margin and verso. Born in 1950, American photographer Shelby Lee Adams is mainly known for documenting the people...

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1990s Contemporary Shelby Lee Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Hog Killing

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Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print margin and verso. Born in 1950, American photographer Shelby Lee Adams is mainly known for documenting the people...

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1990s Contemporary Shelby Lee Adams Art

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