Bob Adelman: From Civil Rights to Making a Difference

In 2014 he was named, in essence, a photographer in residence at the Library of Congress, a position created to draw attention to the importance of the medium in American life. He spoke then with James Estrin about his life and career. The conversation has been edited.

Civil Rights Photographer Bob Adelman: Interview by Photographer Matt Herron | PDNPulse

Civil Rights photographer Bob Adelman, who died over the weekend at the age of 85, was profiled recently in an essay titled “Shooting Civil Rights” by photographer Matt Herron. A friend and colleague of Adelman’s, and a fellow Civil Rights activist, Herro

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Noted civil rights-era photographer Bob Adelman found dead at Miami Beach home

Adelman shot iconic photo of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I have a dream’ speech