Barnwell, Tim 1955-

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Barnwell, Tim 1955-


PERSONAL:

Born February 17, 1955, in Franklin, NC; son of Howard (a teacher) and Virginia Gallemore (a teacher) Barnwell; married, 1981; wife's name Kathryn; children: Callie V. Education: University of North Carolina at Asheville, graduated (with honors), 1977.

ADDRESSES:

Home—10 Governors Ct., Asheville, NC 28805. Office—244 Coxe Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Professional photographer, 1977—, including commercial work for regional and national clients. University of North Carolina at Asheville, chief photographer at Learning Resources Media Center, 1974-75; Arts Journal, photographer and writer, 1977-81; Mountain Living, chief photographer and writer, 1978-81; Appalachian Photographic Workshops, director, 1980-88. Exhibitions: Fine art prints have been exhibited in more than sixty solo and group shows in the United States and abroad, 1977—, including the traveling exhibition "The Face of Appalachia," and are represented in museums and other collections, including those of Metropolitan Museum of Art, R.J. Reynolds Industries, Soho Photo Gallery, High Museum of Art, Bank of America, and Elon University.

WRITINGS:


(With Lisa Bell and Lynda McDaniel) Asheville: A View from the Top, Community Communications (Asheville, NC), 1996.

The Face of Appalachia: Portraits from the Mountain Farm (monograph and photographs), W.W. Norton (New York, NY), 2003.

On Earth's Furrowed Brow: The Appalachian Farm in Photographs (photographs and oral history interviews), W.W. Norton (New York, NY), 2006.

Contributor of photographs to books. Contributor of more than sixty articles and 1,000 photographs to magazines and newspapers, including Aperture, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, American Craft, House Beautiful, Astronomy, Billboard, Sky and Telescope, and Outdoor Photographer.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:


PERIODICALS


Library Journal, March 1, 2004, David Bryant, review of The Face of Appalachia: Portraits from the Mountain Farm, p. 72.

ONLINE


Tim Barnwell Photography,http://www.barnwellphoto.com (November 22, 2005).

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