American Women

In November 2003, the musician and photographer Bryan Adams began photographing a cross-section of influential American women dressed in new and vintage Calvin Klein. Shot mainly in New York and Los Angeles throughout 2004, American Women is a tribute to the beauty, strength and character of American women. Actors, Journalists, musicians, artists, businesswomen, athletes, and philanthropists are included--the only binding theme being that they are American women known for excelling in their field, including Hilary Clinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Scarlet Johannson, Venus and Serena Williams, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Natalie Cole, Katie Couric, Jane Pauley, Paula Zahn, Liz Smith, Blaine Trump, Nan Kempner, Aerin Lauder, Marlo Thomas, Amber Valetta, Christie Brinkley, Cindy Crawford, Eve Ensler, Alice Sebold, Lindsay Lohan, Lauren Bush, and Debbie Harry, among others. Proceeds from "American Women will benefit the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in support of their ongoing breast cancer research programs.