Biography

Adam Dean is a freelance photographer based in Beijing, China represented by Panos Pictures.

Editorial clients include The New Yorker, Time Magazine, Newsweek, Rolling Stone Magazine, Stern, Smithsonian magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine and The Telegraph Magazine.

In 2011 he was selected as one of PDN’s 30 emerging photographers and was the recipient of The Sony Emerging Phtoographer Award. He has won first place prizes from Pictures of the Year International (POYI),NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Prix International de la Photographie as well as multiple awards from Days Japan Photojournalism Award, Sony World Photography Award, PDN Annual and The Press Photographer’s Year. His work has been shown at Visa Pour L’Image festival in Perpignan and exhibited worldwide.

He is also a regular lecturer on the MA International Multimedia Journalism run jointly by Bolton University and Beijing Foreign Studies University.