Adam Perez is an independent director and photographer born and raised in California’s rural Central Valley. His work spans genres and mediums — all rooted in intimate storytelling. The Emerson Collective, The Center for Cultural Power, The California Arts Council, and the Academy of Arts and Sciences have supported his work about farmworker communities.

His work has been featured in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, TIME magazine, CNN, and NBC and has spanned the US and Latin America. He has also produced national campaigns for the ACLU, Apple, Airbnb, and AT&T.

Perez graduated with honors from Columbia Journalism School and the University of Southern California, where he has also worked as an adjunct professor. He is a member of Diversify Photo and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.