Shelby Lee Adams

♀ *1950 / United States

Contacts for the work of Shelby Lee Adams

Shelby Lee Adams

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Solo exhibitions

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A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans (US)
6 Oct 2012 – 15 Jan 2013
Salt & Truth

Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago (US)
4 May 2012 – 30 Jun 2012
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EFTI. Escuela de Fotografía y Centro de , Madrid (ES)
16 Sep 2011 – 23 Oct 2011
Salt & Truth

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
8 Sep 2011 – 15 Oct 2011
Appalachian Portraits

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
18 Jun 2009 – 25 Jul 2009
Appalachia

Lexington Art Gallery, Lexington (US)
4 Mar 2006 – 4 Apr 2006
APPALACHIAN LIVES

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
4 Sep 2003 – 18 Oct 2003
Appalachian Lives

Yossi Milo Gallery, New York (US)
4 Sep 2003 – 11 Oct 2003

Group

People, Places, Things - Part II

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto (CA)
2 Nov 2024 – 21 Dec 2024

with Yousuf Karsh, Suzy Lake, John Massey, Inge Morath
American Families

Polka Galerie, Paris (FR)
22 Mar 2024 – 25 May 2024

with Meryl Meisler, Peggy Levison Nolan, Marianna Rothen
From the Archives: Rare & Sold Out Photographs

Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago (US)
8 Aug 2022 – 5 Nov 2022

with Zeke Berman, Julie Blackmon, Keith Carter, Linda Connor, Mario Cravo Neto, Mario Giacomelli, Nan Goldin, William Gottlieb, Eikoh Hosoe, Michael Kenna, Annie Leibovitz, Herman Leonard …
WITHOUT A WORD

portrait photographs from the private collection of Bill W

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
20 Sep 2019 – 17 Nov 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Micha Bar-Am, Edouard Boubat, Pierre Boucher, William Claxton, Disfarmer (Mike Meyer), Robert Doisneau, Walker Evans, Philip Jones Griffiths, Fred Herzog, Fan Ho …
Dog Days

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
25 Jun 2019 – 1 Sep 2019

with Elliott Erwitt
The CEG Salon

Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago (US)
11 Jan 2019 – 16 Mar 2019

with Kelly Anderson-Staley, Daniel Beltra, Julie Blackmon, Barbara Crane, Bruce Davidson, John Dugdale, Herman Leonard, Francesco Pergolesi
The Photograph as Witness: The American Cultural Landscape

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
1 Sep 2017 – 31 Oct 2017

with William Klein, Arthur Lavine, Danny Lyon, Charles Moore, Garry Winogrand
True South

Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas (US)
18 Feb 2017 – 6 May 2017

with Peter Brown, Keith Carter, William Christenberry, Jack Delano, Clarence John Laughlin, Danny Lyon
ODDS & ENDS

Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas (US)
19 Nov 2016 – 11 Feb 2017

with John Albok, Keith Carter, Don Donaghy, Jimmy & Dena Katz, Bill Owens, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Chris Verene
Self Processing: Instant Photography

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (US)
4 Oct 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Pinky Bass, Blake Boyd, Mike Brodie, William Eggleston, William Greiner, Glina Kurlat, Sally Mann, Andres Serrano, Richard Sexton, Anna Tomczak
Into the Light II

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (US)
20 Mar 2014 – 12 Oct 2014

with William Christenberry, George Dureau, William Eggleston, Birney Imes, Marion Post Wolcott
Into the Light

Photographs from the Permanent Collection

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (US)
11 Jul 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with William Christenberry, George Dureau, William Eggleston, Birney Imes, Marion Post Wolcott
Hereford Photography Festival 2010

Hereford Photography Festival, Hereford (GB)
22 Oct 2010 – 27 Nov 2010

with Roger Ballen, Jodi Bieber, Michael Danner, Beth Yarnelle Edwards, Pieter Hugo, Mariele Neudecker, Jackie Nickerson, Simon Norfolk, Martin Parr, Wang Qingsong, Rankin, Paul Seawright …
Proof

Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago (US)
16 Jul 2010 – 4 Sep 2010

with Julie Blackmon, Keith Carter, Clark & Pougnaud, Kelli Connell, Greg Gorman, Jill Greenberg, Todd Hido, Michael Kenna, Cara Phillips
This Is Not a Fashion Photograph

International Center of Photography - Year of Fashion

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
16 Jan 2009 – 3 May 2009

with Berenice Abbott, Sid Avery, Tina Barney, Ernest James Bellocq, Ilse Bing, Harry Callahan, Robert Capa, Larry Clark, Mark Cohen, Bruce Davidson, Disfarmer (Mike Meyer), Walker Evans …
There's no place like home

Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas (US)
10 May 2008 – 19 Jul 2008

with John Albok, Tom Atwood, William Christenberry, Edward S. Curtis, Jack Delano, William Eggleston, Frank Gohlke, Misty Keasler, Nic Nicosia, Bill Owens, Chris Verene
LOCAL. El fin de la globalización (LOCAL. The End of Globalisation)

<a href="http://www.phedigital.com" target="_blank">PHotoEspaña 2007</a>

Canal de Isabel II, Madrid (ES)
6 Jun 2007 – 2 Sep 2007

with Hans Aarsman, Hashem el Madani, Tom Hunter, Xavier Ribas, Jem Southam, LI Tianbing, Hellen van Meene, Massimo Vitali, Karlheinz Weinberger
PHotoEspaña 2007 (PHE07)

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
30 May 2007 – 22 Jul 2007

with Miguel Angel Rios, Peter Beard, Bruce Davidson, Lynn Davis, Jean-Marie del Moral, Raymond Depardon, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Lourdes Grobet, Guillaume Herbaut, ZHANG Huan, Stratos Kalafatis …
Hereford Photography Festival 2006

Hereford Photography Festival, Hereford (GB)
30 Sep 2006 – 28 Oct 2006

with Chien Chi Chang, WENG Fen, Julio Grinblatt, An-My Le, Trent Parke, Paul Shambroom, Massimo Vitali, Michael Wesely
The Ramer Collection and Other Photographs

The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis (US)
5 Jan 2006 – 19 Mar 2006

with Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Joel Meyerowitz, Richard Misrach, Alec Soth, Larry Sultan, Weegee, Garry Winogrand
Sacred

Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah (US)
3 Dec 2005 – 11 Jan 2006

with Harold Feinstein, Neil Folberg, Yousef Khanfar
Together-10 years of Kid's Wear

Viaux. Gallery for Fashion Photography, Hamburg (DE)
9 Feb 2005 – 21 Feb 2005

with Annelies Strba, Mark Borthwick, Geissler & Sann, Takashi Homma, Achim Lippoth, Jason McGlade, Mike Meiré, Yoichi Nagano, Martin Parr, Bruce Weber
Together-10 years of Kid's Wear

Viaux. Gallery for Fashion Photography, Berlin (DE)
21 Jan 2005 – 5 Feb 2005

with Annelies Strba, Mark Borthwick, Geissler & Sann, Takashi Homma, Achim Lippoth, Jason McGlade, Mike Meiré, Yoichi Nagano, Martin Parr, Bruce Weber
MONDO CANE (A Dog's World)

Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas (US)
30 May 2003 – 5 Jul 2003

with John Albok, Keith Carter, William Greiner, Bill Owens
Gallery Artists 2003

Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago (US)
2 May 2003 – 31 May 2003

with Tom Baril, Deborah Luster, Rodney Smith, Joel Peter Witkin

Events

THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2026

Polka Galerie, New York (US)
23 Apr 2026 – 26 Apr 2026

with Langdon Clay, Franco Fontana, Bruce Gilden, Miho Kajioka, Eloïse Labarbe Lafon, Steve McCurry, Joel Meyerowitz
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

Polka Galerie, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Nick Brandt, Paul Cupido, Franco Fontana, Luigi Ghirri, Francoise Huguier, Miho Kajioka, William Klein, Steve McCurry, Sebastiao Salgado
Paris Gallery Weekend 2024

Paris Gallery Weekend, Paris (FR)
24 May 2024 – 26 May 2024

with Bruno Barbey, Martine Barrat, Valerie Belin, Jack Dabaghian, Claudine Doury, Edouard Taufenbach & Bastien Pourtout, Raoul Hausmann, Laura Henno, Ilanit Illouz, Pierre Jahan, Juergen Klauke, Germaine Krull …
Salt & Truth

Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago (US)
5 May 2012
Appalachia

Lexington Art Gallery, Lexington (US)
4 Mar 2006