Shelby Lee Adams: Salt & Truth

by Shelby Lee Adams

Shelby Lee Adams first encountered the communities of the Appalachian mountains as a child, while accompanying his doctor uncle on his rounds. In the mid-1970s he started to photograph in the region, using a 4 x 5 camera, gaining and building a special trust among its often impoverished people, who have tended to not always welcome would-be documentarians. Adams not only records their lives and hardships with great empathy, but also depicts the grace...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984573917
• ISBN13: 9780984573912
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Candela Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.0" x 12.0"