Musician Bryan Adams is the official photographer of the Hear the World initiative


In the past, Bryan Adams has photographed individuals from around the globe. His work has been featured in such magazines as British Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar and his own magazine in Germany, Zoo. Additionally, Bryan has released various books with his work.


Charged with capturing the images of Hear the World’s ambassadors and supporters, Bryan’s first assignment was to photograph tenor, conductor and opera house director Plácido Domingo making the iconic Hear the World gesture of someone consciously hearing by placing their hand behind their ear. Since then, Bryan has photographed young British singers Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse, singer and D.J. Moby, Bobby McFerrin, hip hopper and actor Common, as well as the actress Lindsay Lohan for Hear the World.


Adams believes in the ideas behind the Hear the World initiative of raising awareness about the importance of hearing and to call attention to the social and emotional impact of hearing loss as well as prevention of and solutions to this problem that is affecting more than 10% of the world’s population.