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Cowans, Adger W. 1936–

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Since the mid-1960s, Adger W. Cowans has established a successful career as a still photographer for the Hollywood film industry, with credits ranging from Nothing But a Man (1964) to City Hall (1996). While Cowans’ film photographs are doubtless his most widely-seen work, his artistic practice also encompasses fashion, travel, landscape, and still-life photography; portraits; and even paintings. One of Cowans’ most famous images is an often-reproduced portrait of Malcolm X.

Cowans’ artistic influences are just as diverse as his creative output. Among his most important influences, he lists Edward Weston, a fine-art photographer from the early twentieth-century, and Gordon Parks, Sr., a photographer for Life magazine. While his work may be extremely broad, Cowans brings a similar visible sensibility and perfectionism to each project; according to Vivien Raynor, writing in the New York

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Adger Cowans, a fine arts photographer and abstract expressionist painter has experimented with a myriad of mediums over his artistic career.

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Photographer Adger Cowans was born on Septem, in Columbus, Ohio, to Beatrice Watson and Wilbur Cowans.

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Adger Cowans is an American fine arts photographer and abstract painter.

Adger Cowans is an year-old photographer and visual artist in Bridgeport, Connecticut history through the lens of his camera.

Adger Cowans was awarded the Lorenzo il Magnifico alla Carriera in recognition of a Distinguished Career at the 2001 Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art. He is the recipient of a John Hay Whitney Fellowship and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Caesar Chavez, Rosa Parks Visiting Scholars Award, Wayne State University.

Adger Cowans is an year-old photographer and visual artist who has worked with celebrated photojournalist Gordon Parks, photographed jazz greats, movie.

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LOS ANGELES — “I don’t photograph anything that doesn’t move me.

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Cowans also enjoyed a Hollywood career as a still set photographer, working with directors such as Spike Lee and Francis Ford Coppola, taking candid shots of actors in rehearsal and between takes.

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Adger Cowans is an year-old photographer and visual artist in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

	Adger Cowans is an year-old photographer and visual artist in Bridgeport, Connecticut history through the lens of his camera.
	Adger Cowans was awarded the Lorenzo il Magnifico alla Carriera in recognition of a Distinguished Career at the 2001 Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art. He is the recipient of a John Hay Whitney Fellowship and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Caesar Chavez, Rosa Parks Visiting Scholars Award, Wayne State University.
	Adger Cowans is an year-old photographer and visual artist who has worked with celebrated photojournalist Gordon Parks, photographed jazz greats, movie.