J. Adam Huggins, 27, was born in Canada in 1981, at the age of nineteen what he wanted to do most was see the world and photography seemed like a possible way to do it. Since then he has been traveling and taking pictures that document society and the world we live in. His work has given him the opportunity to connect with different communities and learn about different cultures. Now, to him, photography is no longer just about traveling but about telling stories that show the world is small and interconnected, to get people involved in the issues that affect us all. 

His photography has been exhibited at venues which include Centre Pompidou, La Triennale di Milano, the Shanghai Art Museum, and Shiodomeitalia Creative Center in Tokyo. He has worked with numerous publications which include The New York Times, ELLE, Der Spiegel, COLORS, and the International Herald Tribune. 

In 2002, Huggins moved to New Delhi to work as a freelance photographer primarily for the domestic fashion magazine market of India, while independently developing and producing his personal photojournalism projects around the Indian Subcontinent. In 2006 he was invited for a one year residency with Fabrica in Italy. He returned to India in late 2006 to cover assignments for The New York Times in the South Asia region until early 2008. Huggins currently works off of freelance commissions so that he can devote time to independently developing and producing his personal photojournalism projects once again. 

In late 2007, The New York Times published his story about how manhole covers for New York City and other municipalities throughout the United States are made at foundries in India and soon after, it became a widely debated topic of conversation in numerous newspapers’ commentary and opinion pages, blogs, and television news channels, around the world. The photo-essay drew attention to the lack of safety protections in place for Indian workers that endure extremely hazardous working conditions to produce these manhole covers for America's streets, calling for State legislatures and prompting Con Edison, one of the private utilities companies that purchases these items, to rewrite their future international contracts to include safety requirements. 

He was subsequently awarded a Certificate of Special Merit at the 2007 Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong for this body of work. 

He personally feels that the world is a small and interconnected place, and that we all have the same basic responsibility to take care of one another as members of the same species, as well for everything that we co-exist with in nature. 

He tries to communicate these feelings through his stories to get people involved in the issues that affect us all and has an innate aspiration to share them with anyone who will give their attention, which is why he primarily works for mass media at the present time.

J. Adam HUGGINS

www.adamhuggins.net

Composite Portfolio – Karma Portfolyo