Shelby Lee Adams (born 1950) is an American environmental portrait photographer and artist best known for his images of Appalachian family life. An environmental portrait is a Portrait executed in the subject's usual environment such as in their home or workplace and typically illuminates the subject's life and surroundings A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. The Appalachian Mountains ( often called the Appalachians, are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America.
He has struck up controversy among some who say his images are reinforcing stereotypes. A documentary film called The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia follows his photographic trips into Appalachia. His work has been published in three monographs: Appalachian Portraits (1993), Appalachian Legacy (1998), and Appalachian Lives (2003).
His work is in the following permanent collections (not a complete list): Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; International Center of Photography, New York, NY; Musee De L'Elysee Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Time Life Collection, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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