About Adam

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1974, Adam was raised in Iowa and Texas. In 2001, Adam and his wife Sally moved to Taos, New Mexico. Adam’s photography explores a variety of topics that include the landscape, culture and people of the American Southwest and Rocky Mountains. It is with a profound respect for the land, its people and their history that Adam sets out to recapture the spirit of a place to tell a story through his photography.

Adam’s photography has appeared in magazines, travel publications & guides, calendars, and websites including Photographing the Southwest Volume 3 – A guide to the natural landmarks of Colorado & New Mexico, Taos Green Guide, New Mexico Magazine, Su Casa Magazine, Recreation Guide to Northern New Mexico, and The Luminous Landscape. His photography has also been used in support of environmental & conservation awareness issues.  Adam’s work has been exhibited everywhere from fine-art galleries, to national parks and a state capitol.

In addition to creating photography, Adam shares his passion with others by teaching the art and craft of digital photography. Adam also instructs in digital-darkroom technique and printing to both amateurs and traditional film photographers that desire to make the transition to the digital-darkroom.

Adam is an active participant in several major on-line communities including the Luminous Landscape, the Travel Photographers Network and the Nature Photographers Network. For several years, Adam served as moderator for the Rocky Mountain Nature Photographers on-line community. During his time as moderator he established and coordinated a recurring exhibit of member’s photography at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve.

Adam has received numerous awards and accolades including being selected as a winner in the National Wildlife Magazine, 2005 photography contest, and in 2007, New Mexico Magazine chose Adam as the winner of their photography contest. In 2008, Adam was a recipient of the Luminous Landscape Endowment Fund, a fund designed to provide financial assistance to photographers to help finance worthwhile photographic projects. Adam is also a former Artist-in-Residence on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

> A Quick Thought About Photography

There are a lot of photographers out there and even more photos, but I think Cactus Ed said it best: “Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as it is today.” ~ Edward Abbey

> Professional Affiliations

• North American Nature Photography Association
• Greener Photography
• Editorial Photographers
• Travel Photographer’s Network
• Nature Photographers Network