Bill Adams Jr. this year finished posting the results of his Southeast Asian photographic excursion, adding shots of Viet Nam to an online collection which previously included pictures of Egypt and various domestic locales.
The former Iowa Hawkeye, 30, who used his business degree with a heavy computer science emphasis to land a job as a psychiatric genetic research data base designer, is attempting to step into the photographic field full-time.
Billy traveled to Viet Nam's Mekong Delta in January with two Vietnamese-American friends whose acquaintance he made in his city of residence, Iowa City, IA. The trio traveled for more than a month by bicycle, motor scooter and automobile from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Hanoi as Billy immersed himself in the culture. He was welcomed with open arms as he visited the homes of his friends' relatives, who presented him with a dinner of roasted rat. (Yum yum.) During the trip he also tasted wild boar, squid, snails, snake, fried pig intestines and other local "delicacies."
Often the food was purchased from street markets where there is no refrigeration, so everything was prepared fresh. The Vietnamese also eat dog meat, but as far as Billy knows he didn't have any. (Whew.)
Bill's pictures can be seen at http://www.billadamsphoto.com/, which features a broad collection of his work, and at http://www.billadamswedding.com/, which specializes in matrimonial subjects. He also has a sideline as a rock and roll drummer. In fact he says, "I got my start (in photography) in college around 1999 shooting photos and video in the local punk rock scene."
Billy is the son of Marsha and Bill Adams Sr. of Dakota Dunes, SD and the grandson of Maxine and Dr. Robert Whiteside of Sioux City, IA. He contributes free-lance work to the Iowa City Press-Citizen, the Chicago Pioneer Press and the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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