BIRNEY IMES

For more than 20 years 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 to, as one writer put it, “the characters and locales that linger in the margins of Southern memory and culture.” 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 in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, La Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and many public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.

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BIRNEY IMES - The Purple Rain Lounge, Duncan, 1989

BIRNEY IMES - Turks Place, Laflore County, 1989

BIRNEY IMES - Riverside Lounge, Shaw, 1989

BIRNEY IMES - The Social Inn, Gunnison, 1989

BIRNEY IMES - Riverside Lounge, Shaw, 1986

BIRNEY IMES - A.D.s Place, Glendora, 1986

BIRNEY IMES - The Pink Pony Cafe, Darling, 1985

BIRNEY IMES - Baileys Late Night Spot, Rolling Fork

BIRNEY IMES - Arcola Cafe; Arcola, Mississippi, 1986

BIRNEY IMES - Blume with Chicken, January, 1986

BIRNEY IMES - Blume with T.P., Summer, 1986

BIRNEY IMES - Ferry Club, Lowndes County, 1989

BIRNEY IMES - Freedom Village Juke, Washington County

BIRNEY IMES - Percy Walkers Cafe, Schlater, 1989

BIRNEY IMES - The Rock and Roll Cafe, Cleveland, 1989

BIRNEY IMES - Plate of Chitlins, January, 1986

BIRNEY IMES - Riverside Lounge, Shaw, Mississippi, 1986

BIRNEY IMES - Rooster at Whispering Pines, c. 1986

BIRNEY IMES - Royal Crown Cafe; Boyle, Mississippi, 1983

BIRNEY IMES - The Black Gold Club, Durant, 1989

BIRNEY IMES - The Out of Sight Club, Yazoo City, 1989

16 x 20 inch Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print
20 x 24 inch Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print
30 x 40 inch Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print, Edition of 25		
40 x 50 inch Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print, Edition of 12		
All sizes signed on verso

BIRNEY IMES

Blume with T.P., Summer, 1986

BIRNEY IMES

Blume with T.P., Summer, 1986

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16 x 20 inch Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print
20 x 24 inch Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print
30 x 40 inch Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print, Edition of 25		
40 x 50 inch Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print, Edition of 12		
All sizes signed on verso

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