Personal Vision: Photographs

Auteur

Adger Cowans studied photography at Ohio University under Clarence H. White Jr., then served as a military photographer in the United States Navy before moving to New York City, where he worked with Life magazine photographer Gordon Parks and fashion photographers Henri Clarke, Ben Somoroff, Lillian Bassman, Steve Manville, among others. Adger was has received the John Hay Whitney Fellowship, as well as the Lorenzo il Magnifico alla Carriera, in recognition of his distinguished career, at the 2001 Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art. His travels have led him to Morocco, Brazil, Paris, London, Rome, Florence, Switzerland, Bali, Mexico, and all over the United States. Among the numerous museums Adger has exhibited at are MoMa, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, George Eastman House, Harvard University, Chicago School of Design, International School of Photography, and the Studio Museum of Harlem. He Lives in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Texte du rabat

The monograph from master American photographer Adger Cowan, whose 40-plus year career spans documentary style, street journalism, portraiture and self-portrayals, still-lifes, and experimental work, with contributions from luminaries such as Gordon Parks, Romare Bearden, Anthony Barboza, and Dòwòti Désir.

Résumé
Master American photographer Adger Cowan's predominantly black-and-white photography is collected in this monograph of original images taken over the past 40 years.