Bryan Adams has a lot of job titles that he could list on his LinkedIn profile. He’s a singer, songwriter, guitarist, Broadway composer (Pretty Woman: The Musical), and renowned photographer. The longtime vegan is also known for his animal activism and humanitarian work. Bryan’s Wikipedia entry even includes the letters OC, OBC, and FRPS after his name. Those stand for Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia, and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, respectively.
As the son of a diplomat, Adams grew up in Ontario, Portugal, Austria, Israel, and British Columbia. A career in music came quickly for Bryan. He joined his first band at the age of 15 and, by 20, had released his first album. By the time his third album, Cuts Like a Knife, came out in 1983, Bryan Adams was a bona fide rock star. The life of Bryan only got bigger from there.
Adams’ career took on another dimension in the late-1990s when he began publishing his photos. His work has appeared in British Vogue, L’uomo Vogue, American Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, British GQ, Esquire, and Interview magazine, as well as in numerous ad campaigns and gallery exhibitions all over the world. He has also released seven books of his photography and shot a handful of album covers for other musicians.
Some of Bryan Adams’ biggest musical successes came as the result of his work on movie soundtracks beginning in the early-1990s. His singing voice was heard in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Three Musketeers (1993), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), and Old Dogs (2009). But we’re really going to throw it back here with three of his earlier hits from the ’80s.