(COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL FOR PLACEMENT ONLY) Tina Barney uses an 8 x 10 inch view camera on a tripod to photograph the people closest to her, including her family. Because her subjects know her so well, they have learned to ignore her camera, allowing her to achieve the candid nature of snapshots from what is anything but a spontaneous process. The resulting large negatives allow Barney to print her images at almost life-scale, evoking comparisons between her photographs and painted portraits.(COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL FOR PLACEMENT ONLY)
Tina Barney was born in 1945 in New York. Since 1975, she has been producing large-scale photographs of family and friends. Her meticulous tableaux chronicle the complexity of interpersonal relationships. These lush color prints have been exhibited and collected by major institutions around the world. Among her exhibitions are a mid-career exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1991 and the Whitney Biennial, 1987. More recently, her work has been shown at the New York State Theatre in New York, in 2011; The Barbican Art Centre, London; Museum Folkwang in Essen, Museum der Art Moderne, Salzburg, and others. In October, her work will be included in a major portraiture exhibition at The National Gallery, London. Barney was the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1991, and the 2010 Lucie Award for Achievement in Portraiture. Her monographs include Tina Barney: Theatre of Manners, The Europeans, and her new book from Steidl, Players. She lives in New York and Rhode Island.
