Peter Adams Photography

11/23/2021

Some recent work in today’s Washington Post… A moving story I photographed about how one couple is turning robotics into a tool to help the severely disabled.

For two decades, Henry has been acting as a beta tester of the robots that scientist Charlie Kemp and others have been creating.

10/24/2021

Photographer Peter Adams joins Doc Searls and Simon Phipps on FLOSS Weekly. The Mount Rushmore of Open Source is Adams' "Faces of Open Source," which is 100 ...

09/01/2021

Really fun cover story for the September issue of IEEE Spectrum.

How this gadget figured in the shady Rubicon spy case

07/05/2021

Here are some moments from of the annual 4th of July parade in Ojai. 😀

07/07/2019

Had a great time photographing another Kauai All Girls Rodeo Association rodeo last weekend at CJM Country Stables. I love photographing rodeo, especially this one which is for a great local organization.

02/15/2019

Elizabeth Feinler :: Here’s another story of the under reported role of women in tech history...
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In the earliest days of the Internet, if you wanted to get online you called Elizabeth Feinler.
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From 1972 to 1989, Feinler built and ran the Network Information Center (NIC) for the ARPANET — the precursor to today’s Internet. The NIC published all of the documentation for the Internet and handed out network addresses and domain names long before there were domain registrars like GoDaddy or Network Solutions.
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Back then domain names were assigned by hand which led to inconsistencies and epic arguments among users. In an attempt to make the arguments stop, Feinler developed what might be her greatest legacy: the top-level domain name scheme (.com, .net, .org, .edu, etc.) that we all still use today.
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I had the privilege to photograph Elizabeth (or “Jake” as she likes to be called) last year at her home in Silicon Valley. These days she is busy documenting the history of e-mail in conjunction with her work at the museum.

01/29/2019

Kauai All Girls Rodeo :: Ranching traditions in Hawaii pre-date those found in the American West. This rich history of Hawaiian Paniolo traditions exists on all the islands but I was really happy to discover the Kauai All Girls Rodeo Association. Such a cool organization and mission. Here are some of my favorite shots from their rodeo last week at CJM Country Stables .

12/28/2018

Backwards Clock — Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey :: Great for adding a few more hours to the day..... (Yes, the clock hands rotate backwards.) 😉

12/10/2018

‪Love seeing my photo of the Empire State Building and skyline on the cover of this week’s New York Magazine as part of the wonderful King Kong illustration by Dimitri Maximov.‬ Thank you , and for the opportunity to be part of this iconic cover!

12/03/2018

G.R. Emlin :: How do some of the smartest computer programmers in the history of computing blow off steam? They devise elaborate pranks, of course! And sometimes those pranks require one to create a fake employee to pin the gaff on.
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G.R. Emlin appears throughout the 30 year period that the operating system was developed at Bell Labs. Often an inside joke, G.R. was thanked/acknowledged in books and papers as well as made to take the blame for the numerous pranks performed by the UNIX research staff.
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Here she is with her genuine Bell Labs employee badge photographed for a series I just completed about “UNIX folklore” ahead of the operating system’s 50th anniversary next year.
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See the whole series on my website. Nokia Bell Labs

10/19/2018

:: Vint Cerf ::

Such an honor to photograph one of the fathers of the Internet.

We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Vint’s work on TCP/IP — the underlying protocol that makes communication over the possible.

He’s also a really fun guy and the only person in tech who rocks a signature three piece suit.