Sam Abell

Abell was the photographer and co-editor for his high school yearbook and newspaper.

Abell graduated from the University of Kentucky in Lexington where he majored in English, minored in Journalism, and was the editor of the Kentuckian Yearbook.

Abell received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Toledo in 2009.

[1] Sam Abell's book The Life of a Photograph is one of three volumes begun in 2000 with Seeing Gardens.

In 2024, Sam received the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Photo Society, and was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame.