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American photographer

Barbara Peacock
Peacock in 2024
OccupationPhotographer
Notable work
  • Hometown
  • American Bedroom

Barbara Peacock is an American photographer. She has published the books Hometown (2016) and American Bedroom (2023).

Early life and education

Peacock grew up in Westford, Massachusetts. She studied fine arts at Boston University College of Fine Arts, and photography and filmmaking at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, also in Boston.

Work

Hometown is a 33-year project that documents the small-town people and events of Westford, Massachusetts.

American Bedroom is a series of portraits of people in their bedrooms, as well as personal statements from them. The work is about the "complexities and idiosyncrasies of contemporary American life." Looking for a cross-section of people from all walks of life, Peacock photographed about 400 people in every region of the United States, between 2016 and 2023. The book is broken down into five sections by geographic region.

Personal life

As of 2016 she lived in Portland, Maine.

Publications

Awards

  • 2016: LensCulture Portrait Award
  • 2017: One of five winners of the $10,000 Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography for American Bedroom
  • 2018: LensCulture Emerging Talent Award
  • 2022: One of seven winners, of the $5,000 Women Photograph Project Grant for American Bedroom
  • 2022: LensCulture Finalist, Portraits
  • 2023: Griffin Museum of Photography Arthur Griffin Legacy Award
  • 2024: FEP European Photo Book Award

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, David (April 5, 2015). "This Photographer Spent 33 Years Capturing the Subtle Changes in Her Small New England Town". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  2. "Hit The Streets 157: American Bedroom with Barbara Peacock". Valérie Jardin. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  3. "American Bedroom by Barbara Peacock – photographic portraits". The Guardian. September 12, 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  4. Lakritz, Talia. "What bedrooms look like across the US". Business Insider. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  5. "What our bedrooms say about us". CNN. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  6. Lusina, Anete (June 21, 2022). "Portraits of Americans in the Intimacy of Their Bedrooms". PetaPixel. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  7. LensCulture. "LensCulture Portrait Awards 2016". LensCulture. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  8. Estrin, James (September 7, 2017). "Getty Images Grant Winners Announced for 2017". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  9. Jackson, Alex. "Getty Images announces its 2017 grant winners". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  10. "Portland photographer wins $10K Getty grant". Portland Press Herald. September 24, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  11. LensCulture. "WINNERS—Emerging Talent Awards 2018". LensCulture. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  12. Dickerman, Kenneth (July 27, 2022). "Here are the winners of this year's Women Photograph grants". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  13. LensCulture. "WINNERS—LensCulture Portrait Awards 2022". LensCulture. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  14. "Barbara Peacock | American Bedroom". Griffin Museum of Photography. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

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