The famed environmental portrait photographer shares his perspectives on the oft-misunderstood cultural region that has been his prime focus since the mid-1970s. Adams' powerful and thought-provoking images cut through stereotypes to reveal people of strength and inviduality.

"There is melancholy, nostalgia and a definite longing that comes from escaping the real world," says Polish photographer Marcin Sacha, whose images, in the words of writer Steven A. Hallar, "coalesce from the interpretation of how humanity is simultaneously married to and detached from the surrounding architectural world."

Connell worked as a portrait, industrial and publicity photographer during his career, creating his most high-profile images for film studios like MGM and Republic. His most notable project was In Pictures, which lampooned Hollywood in particular and popular culture in general, including topics that continue to resonate in the MeToo era.