Adams (b. 1937) is an American photographer who grew up in New Jersey, Colorado, and Wisconsin. As a young English professor in Colorado, he learned photography during his summers off, turning his camera primarily to the nature and architecture of the prairie. In 1970, he began to publish his photographs in a series of books, ranging in subjects, but always focused on the topography of the American West — from its untamed landscapes to its suburban sprawl. He still works as a photographer and enjoys recognition as one of the nation’s leading practitioners of the art.
