Adger cowans biography of barack obama

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Since the mids, 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 () to City Hall ().

While Cowans&#x; 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&#x; most famous images is an often-reproduced portrait of Malcolm X.

Cowans&#x; 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 Times, he describes himsel