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Tim Barnwell
Tim Barnwell (1955), is a photographer based in Asheville, NC. His career has spanned over 30 years as both a professional photographer and a photography instructor, including eight years as executive director of the nationally recognized, Appalachian Photographic Workshops (1980-1988). Mr. Barnwell’s fine art work has been included in dozens of group and one man shows both in the United States and abroad, and is widely collected. His prints are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, High Museum, Mint Museum, R.J. Reynolds Industries, SOHO Photo Gallery/NY, Newark Museum of Art, and the Bank of America corporate collection.
He is one of the most published photographers in the South with images appearing in dozens of magazines including Time, Newsweek, Southern Accents, House Beautiful, American Craft, Outdoor Photographer, Sky & Telescope, US Air, Blue Ridge Country, U.S. News and World Report, Billboard, Travel South, American Style, Black & White Magazine, LensWork and National Parks.
Barnwell is the author of seven books, The Face of Appalachia: Portraits from the Mountain Farm (W.W. Norton, 2003), On Earth’s Furrowed Brow: The Appalachian Farm in Photographs (W.W. Norton, 2007), Hands in Harmony: Traditional Music and Crafts in Appalachia (W.W. Norton 2009; with 22-tune music CD), Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas (Numinous Editions, 2014), Great Smoky Mountains Vistas (Numinous Editions, 2016), Faces & Places of Cashiers Valley (Cashiers Historical Society, 2019), and Tide Runners: Shrimping and Fishing on the Carolinas and Georgia Coast (Numinous Editions, 2019).
The work of Tim Barnwell is featured in these exhibitions.
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Music To My Eyes
Design By Nature
Southern Heritage – Preview
A Time & Place
Southern Exposures
Contrasts
The work of Tim Barnwell is featured in these Theme Collections.
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American South
Animals
Architecture – B&W
Historical
Landscape – B&W
Musicians
Signage
Still Life – B&W
The Face of Appalachia
Published 2003
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Comapny
ISBN 0-393-05787-9
On Earth’s Furrowed Brow
Published 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Comapny
ISBN 978-0-393-06267-0
Hands In Harmony
Published 2011
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Comapny
ISBN 978-0-393-06815-3
Tim Barnwell - Book: Hands in Harmony
Appalachian Music Featured in the New York Times
Sunday May 22, 2011 – A very entertaining article from the Sunday New York Times, Travel Section: On Virginia’s Crooked Road, Mountain Music Lights the Way . This subject is also the central theme of Tim Barnwell’s most recent book Hands in Harmony; Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia. It was released (October 2009) by W. W. Norton & Company, publisher of Barnwell’s previous two books: The Face of Appalachia (2003) and On Earth’s Furrowed Brow (2007). The book is a continuation of the artist’s 30+ year body of work documenting the people, places, musicians, and craftsmen of Appalachia. The book also includes an audio CD with performances by 22 musicians photographed for the project, and is already receiving critical success.
Reviewed in the New York Times, November 27, 2009, By Dwight Garner.
Hands In Harmony: Traditional Crafts And Music In Appalachia, by Tim Barnwell (W. W. Norton & Company). “This excellent collection of black-and-white portraits and oral histories documents the lives of the makers of Appalachian music and traditional handicrafts, and arrives with a wickedly fine CD. There are photographs here of some well-known people (Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe), but the best are of unknown artists. Without Appalachian music, Jan Davidson writes in the forward, ”there would be no Joan Baez, no Bob Dylan the folk singer, and surely no Grateful Dead.”” Go to the NY Times review
Tim Barnwell - Exhibition Asheville Art Museum, May 2010
Barnwell’s new work, “Hands in Harmony; Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia”
May – October, 2010.
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville NC.
The exhibition consisted of 34 black and white images from the book (W.W. Norton, 2009) along with oral history text panels. There were also events planned each month including films and a music concert at Diana Wortham Theatre, an archive of the events can be found at the Asheville Art Museum’s website.
Hands in Harmony; Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, was released (October 2009) by W. W. Norton & Company, publisher of his previous two books: The Face of Appalachia (2003) and On Earth’s Furrowed Brow (2007). The book is a continuation of the artist’s 30+ year body of work documenting the people, places, musicians, and craftsmen of Appalachia. The book also includes an audio CD with performances by 22 musicians photographed for the project, and is already receiving critical success.
A separate exhibition from Tim’s earlier work:
“On Earth’s Furrowed Brow” was on view at,
North Carolina Arboretum in March – May 2010.
Tim Barnwell: Artist Talk & Gallery Tour
July 12, 2008
Lumière
Tim Barnwell: Three decades recording the imagery of Appalachia have established Tim Barnwell as one of the major voices of southern culture. His work is the subject of two books, with a third near release, and has appeared in numerous magazines. His work is included in major museum and corporate collections. For many years, he directed the highly acclaimed Appalachia Photography Workshops with George Tice and Cole Weston.
