For more than 20 years in the 1970s and 80s, Birney Imes roamed the countryside of his native Mississippi photographing the people and places he encountered along the way. Working in both black and white and color, Imes’ photographs take viewers inside juke joints and dilapidated restaurants scattered across that landscape. There he introduces the viewer, as one writer put it, “to the strange and marvelous qualities of these local gathering spots.”
Imes’ photographs have been collected in three books: Juke Joint, Whispering Pines, and Partial to Home, and have been exhibited in solo shows in the United States and Europe. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and numerous public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.
Birney Imes
Found these pictures
February 7 – April 20, 2019
A Gallery for Fine Photography
241 Chartres St New Orleans, LA 70130
https://agallery.com
Birney Imes, Terence Harris, Columbus, Mississippi
Birney Imes, Sonny with Hog’s Head, February, 1982, Lowndes County, Mississippi
Birney Imes, Young Girls near Greenhill Bridge, April, 1988,Columbus, Mississippi
Birney Imes, Bas Verdell, July, 1988, Lowndes, Mississippi
Birney Imes, Boys with Horse Apples, Summer, 1987, Lowndes, Mississippi
Birney Imes, Boys with Watermelon, August, 1987, Lowndes, Mississippi
Birney Imes, Lost Bird Dog, September, 1988, Lowndes, Mississippi
