Cynthia MacAdams

Cynthia MacAdams
Cynthia MacAdams at Kasher Gallery Emergence exhibit
Born
Cynthia Rose Adams

(1939-09-05) September 5, 1939 (age 85)
Webster, South Dakota, US
EducationActors Studio Northwestern University
Known forPhotography, Acting

Cynthia MacAdams (born Cynthia Rose Adams, September 5, 1939) is an American actress and photographer. She is recognized for her black and white portraiture,[1][2] use of natural light and infrared photography, and images of sacred architecture.[2][3][4]

MacAdams moved to New York City in 1961 for a career in theater. When offered a film role in Wild in the Streets in 1968 she moved to Hollywood.[2][5][6] Her photographic work extends to the sacred in architecture and human artifact including the temples of Angkor Wat, Tibet and the Mayan pyramids.[2][4][5]

Since 1978, MacAdams has documented the history and life on the Bowery NYC through her portraits ranging from structures, to street people to resident artists and poets such as William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Anne Waldman, Kate Millett, Chuck Close, Robert Mapplethorpe.[5][7]

  1. ^ MacAdams, Cynthia (1977). Emergence. New York: Chelsea House. ISBN 978-0877540571.
  2. ^ a b c d North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century a Biographical Dictionary. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. 2013. p. 2156. ISBN 9781135638894.
  3. ^ Nude photography : the art and technique of nine modern masters. New York: Amphoto. 1985. ISBN 9780817450984.
  4. ^ a b MacAdams, Cynthia; Montez], Hunbatz; Bensinger, Charles (1991). Mayan vision quest : mystical initiation in Mesoamerica (1st ed.). [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 978-0062505279.
  5. ^ a b c Stukin, Stacie (May 26, 2017). "The Prescient Photographer Who Shot Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Patti Smith and Other Famous Young Feminists of the 70's". W Magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  6. ^ MacAdams, Cynthia (1983). Rising goddess. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Morgan & Morgan. ISBN 978-0871001863.
  7. ^ "Bowery - NYPL Digital Collections". digitalcollections.nypl.org. Retrieved January 15, 2018.