Artist's arttributes:
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Photography |
Most exhibitions in:
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| USA | 25 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Catherine Edelman Gallery, USA |
12 |
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Fahey/Klein Gallery, USA |
3 |
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Yossi Milo Gallery, USA |
2 |
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ICP - International Center of Photography, USA |
2 |
Biography: 
1950 Born in Hazard, KY (US)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 30 
Solo shows 11
2012
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Saltat & Truth - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2011
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Salt & Truth - Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2009
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Appalachian Portraits - Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2003
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Appalachian Lives - Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Yossi Milo Gallery, New York City, NY |
2002
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Yossi Milo Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2000
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic Centre, Kuopio |
1998
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| Shelby Lee Adams: Appalachian Legacy - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| Shelby Lee Adams - Portraits des Appalaches - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
1994
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| Appalachian Portraits: Photographs by Shelby Lee Adams - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
Group shows 19
2012
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| What I Was Thinking - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| Gaze - The Changing Face of Portrait Photography - Istanbul Modern, Istanbul |
2011
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| 2011 Benefit Auction Preview Exhibition - SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA |
2010
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| Hereford Photography Festival 2010 - Hereford Photography Festival , Hereford (England) |
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| Proof - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2009
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| This Is Not a Fashion Photograph: Selections from the ICP Collection - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
2008
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| Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children - DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA |
2007
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| From Here to Infinity - SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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| Degrees of Separation - Michael Mazzeo Gallery (former Peer Gallery), New York City, NY |
2006
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| The Social Lens: Photography from the Graham Collectio - University of Virginia Art Museums - The Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA |
2003
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| Gallery Artists 2003 - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2002
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| What WereYou Thinking? - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| Looking at Children - Photographs from the Permanent Collection - The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH |
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| Through the Looking Glass - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2000
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| Watchful Eyes - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
1997
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| Of Blood and Affection: Family Postmortem Of Blood and Affection: Family Postmortem Of Blood and Affection: Family Postm - TPW - Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, ON |
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| Animal Instincts - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
1996
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| The American South: Contemporary Photography from 1966 - 1996 - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| Then & Now: The First Eight Years - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
Dealer Directory 3 |
Canada
| | Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON
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USA
| | Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| | Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Collections 8

Canada
| | National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
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Switzerland
| | Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne
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USA
| | University of Virginia Art Museums - The Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA
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| | ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | Center for Creative Photography - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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| | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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| | The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
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Catalogs
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