Hillary Rodham Clinton, Katie Couric, Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Lindsay Lohan, Christie Brinkley, Sarah Jessica Parker, Eartha Kitt, Aerin Lauder, Marlo Thomas, Nan Kempner, Paula Zahn, Cindy Crawford, Alice Sebold, Amber Valletta, Katie Holmes, Eve Ensler, and Lauren Hutton are just a few of the women Adams selected from among Americas most notable actors, journalists, musicians, artists, businesswomen, athletes and philanthropists. Shot mainly in New York and Los Angeles throughout 2004 and produced in close collaboration with the Calvin Klein company, American Women is Adams third book of important women. His first, Made in Canada (Key Porter, 1999), benefited the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and featured influential Canadian women such as Linda Evangelista, k.d. lang, Shania Twain, and Pamela Anderson. Based on its success, he published a second book, Haven (Trebruk, 2000), in the U.K. Benefiting the Haven Trust, a breast cancer support center in London, England, the book captured over forty influential British women, including HRH Queen Elizabeth II, the Duchess of York, Vanessa Redgrave, Elizabeth Hurley, Kate Moss, Julie Christie and Joan Collins.Proceeds from American Women will benefit the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in support of their on-going breast cancer research programs.

With a career spanning more than thirty years, Bryan Adams is one of rock music’s most familiar names. Born in Kingston, Ontario, he has recorded 14 albums and received numerous accolades, including a Grammy, three Academy Award nominations for writing songs for films, and the Order of Canada. Aside from music, Adams has recently had great success as a photographer, with his photographs appearing in numerous international fashion magazines and on the sleeves of his albums. In 1997 he lost a friend to breast cancer and has campaigned to raise both money and awareness for the cause ever since. When not travelling the world with his photography projects and concert tours, Adams makes his home in London, England.

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