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J I M M c G U I R E | P H O T O G R A P H E R

J I M M c G U I R E | P H O T O G R A P H E R

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I was born and raised as the second oldest in

one of the many dysfunctional Irish families

in central New Jersey in the 1950s. I can‟t

remember what I had for lunch

yesterday, but I can still remember what the

room smelled like when I walked in and

heard Hank Snow‟s voice coming from those

ratty speakers at a Boy Scout camp in New

Jersey, 1953. I was twelve. That was the

beginning of my love of hillbilly music.

While in the Air Force in Vietnam in 1964, I

learned how to use a camera. I went in as a

weatherman and came out a photographer.

My stint in New York was from 1966 until

1972. It included some night school, slaving

as an underpaid photo assistant and

corporate photographer for TWA Airlines

until I started shooting for myself. I began

shooting Bluegrass music festivals in

Northern Virginia which eventually led to

getting a foot in the door at some record

companies and finally to shooting album

covers.

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In 1971, I visited friends in Nashville and it

was love at first sight. By 1972, I was living

there. Although there was plenty of music

photography to be had, my first love was

still music and my intention was to find a

way into producing records. It never

happened. I shot my first Nashville album

cover for Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth and

never looked back.

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Six hundred and fifty album covers and forty

one years later I think it was the right

decision. I guess my most satisfying

achievement is the body of black and white

images of musicians now known as The

Nashville Portraits. I didn‟t realize at the

time but this collection now has a major

historic significance capturing many of the

people who put Nashville on the map thru

it‟s most productive time … and I‟m happy

to say, also includes many friends.

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“I have always had a thing for black and

white. LIFE magazine, On The

Waterfront, Blackboard Jungle, The Wild

One. These were very powerful images for

my young eyes. Even in later years, black

and white images had a way of staying

with me longer and speaking to me louder

than anything else.”

– Jim McGuire

“He put the twang back into black and white photography.”

– Marty Stuart, Country Artist

“McGuire‟s pictures do everything

except burst into song.” – Mark Knopfler, Musician

“He has spent years

painstakingly, unceasingly—well, if

you don‟t count all those days he lost

at the race track—assembling a body

of work that is unlike any other. He

has given a face to American

music.”– Kevin Grogan

Director, The Morris Museum of Art

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“The photographic archive of Jim McGuire consists of approximately 2,000 photographs, 260,000 negatives and 17,000 digital images. As one of the preeminent photographers of country musicians and their milieu, McGuire has created an archive of unique value, both as a cultural and historical resource and as an artistic milestone.”

Penelope Dixon, AAASenior Member, Appraisers Association of America

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“Jim McGuire‟s photographs portray virtually every musician of significance that has performed or recorded in Nashville, Tennessee in the last forty years. Subjects include Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Kris Kristofferson and Dolly Parton among hundreds of others. The most well known subset of McGuire‟s work was published in 2007 in a book entitled The Nashville Portraits.

Included in this archive are over one hundred rolls of B&W film documenting the final months of Grand Ole Opry performances downtown at the Ryman Auditorium before moving to OPRYLAND in March 1974. This work was published in a 2007 book entitled Historic Photos of The Opry-The Ryman Auditorium-1974.

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THE NASHVILLE PORTRAITS

THE RYMAN 1974

McGUIRE PHOTOGRAPHY

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T HE A R C HI V EINCLUDES

THE NASHVILLEPORTRAITS

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BILL MONROE

DOLLY PARTON

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CHET ATKINS

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JOHNNY CASH

BILLY GRAHAM

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DOC WATSON

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LYLE LOVETT JOHN HIATT JOE ELY GUY CLARK

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RODNEY CROWELL

ROSANNE CASH

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VINCE GILL

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WAYLON JENNINGSC L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

EARL SCRUGGSC L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

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SUSANNA CLARK

GUY CLARK

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THE HIGHWAYMEN

WAYLON JENNINGS

WILLIE NELSON

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

JOHNNY CASH

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THE HIGHWAYMEN

HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE OPRY-

THE RYMAN 1974

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“The first time I saw Jim McGuire‟s photo of the Ryman Auditorium with the lightning flashing above it, it was hanging on Roy Acuff‟s wall. I remember saying to Mr. Acuff „That is Jim McGuire‟s work, I know it is and that‟s going to be his masterpiece.‟”

– Marty Stuart, Country Artist

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MINNIE OPENING THE SHOW

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ROY ACUFF DRESSING ROOM

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ROY ACUFF & MINNIE PEARL

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DOLLY PARTON & PORTER WAGGONER

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MARTY ROBBINS

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BILL MONROE

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DEFORD BAILEY

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BOBBY BARE & BARE, JR.

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JOHNNY CASH & JUNE CARTER CASH

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BICYCLE GANG / NEW YORK CITY

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LARRY THE CABLE GUY

JEFF FOXWORTHY

BILL ENGVALL

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DOC WATSON

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JOHN BAEDER, ARTIST

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LARRY CORDLE

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GUY CLARK

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J.C. CROWLEY

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JOHN HIATT

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KENNY ROGERS

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KIRK WHALUM

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MAURA O’CONNELL

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DEL McCOURY BAND

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NANCI GRIFFITH

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NANCY BLAKE

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RAUL MALO

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JOHN PRINE

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