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From the Heads of the Hollers
From the Heads of the Hollers is a collection of images of the people and culture of the secluded mountain life of Appalachia.

While still in school, photographer Shelby Lee Adams was exposed to the images of the Farm Security Administration and its depiction of the crippling effects of the Depression in the American South. Adams immediately connected with the images and related to the subjects. He was later driven to create the work in From the Heads of the Hollers, a project he began in 1973. 

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From the Heads of the Hollers
From the Heads of the Hollers is a collection of images of the people and culture of the secluded mountain life of Appalachia.

While still in school, photographer Shelby Lee Adams was exposed to the images of the Farm Security Administration and its depiction of the crippling effects of the Depression in the American South. Adams immediately connected with the images and related to the subjects. He was later driven to create the work in From the Heads of the Hollers, a project he began in 1973. 

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From the Heads of the Hollers

From the Heads of the Hollers

by Shelby Lee Adams
From the Heads of the Hollers

From the Heads of the Hollers

by Shelby Lee Adams

Overview

From the Heads of the Hollers is a collection of images of the people and culture of the secluded mountain life of Appalachia.

While still in school, photographer Shelby Lee Adams was exposed to the images of the Farm Security Administration and its depiction of the crippling effects of the Depression in the American South. Adams immediately connected with the images and related to the subjects. He was later driven to create the work in From the Heads of the Hollers, a project he began in 1973. 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781910401798
Publisher: Global Book Sales
Publication date: 08/08/2023
Pages: 180
Sales rank: 802,263
Product dimensions: 11.00(w) x 14.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Adams holds photo degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Art, Universityof Iowa and Mass College of Art. His photographs are held in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum among others. He has exhibited and lectured at many venues and group exhibitions internationally since 1974. His most recent previous titles include Appalachian Lives (2003), and Salt & Truth (2011)
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