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Dr. Tom Barnes, Ph.D., has been
photographing the natural world for more than 25 years. His images have
been used in publications around the world including Germany, Australia,
Africa, England, Canada, Japan,
Africa, and the United
States. He is an award-winning photographer who
specializes in nature photography in Kentucky
and the United States. Tom has written and photographed three
books and Kentucky’s
Last Great Places was nominated for the Kentucky Literary Award in
non-fiction the year it was released. Another book, including Gardening for
the Birds, was quoted in a review by American Gardener magazine as the
first realistic book on attracting wildlife to the backyard that has been
written. His other book is the very
popular Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky.
Dr. Barnes is currently working on several book projects including a
plant atlas with Dr. Julian Campbell and a coffee-table book on the rare
plants of Kentucky
with Deborah White and Marc Evans of the Kentucky State Nature Preserves
Commission.
His interest in photography began in high
school and during college he signed up to assist with photography for the
school yearbook. He began shooting
with an old Pentax SLR camera and learned the craft of black and white
photography and printing during those formative years. One of the art
professors at his undergraduate school told him he had a “good eye” and
should pursue this creative endeavor. Upon completion of a bachelor of arts
in Biology with a minor in Chemistry, Dr. Barnes purchased his first camera
while working on his master of science in Wildlife Conservation at South Dakota State University. While in graduate school he entered
numerous local competitions and won several awards, even capturing grand
prize in one major national competition.
After graduation and while working for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service in western South Dakota, he purchased his first Nikon camera and
has been shooting with Nikon equipment since that day in the early 1980’s.
His photographic style and technique continued to improve while pursuing a
Ph.D. at Texas
A&M University
and he began photographing wildflowers and developed an interest in native
plants at this time. Since arriving
on the faculty at the University
of Kentucky, Dr.
Barnes has been fortunate to use his photographic talents and academic
training to bring the splendor of the natural world to the public.
Dr. Barnes is a self-taught
photographer who has never taken a formal class in photography although he
has learned the craft by reading and experimenting on his own. He has more than 50,000 images on file,
mostly from his adopted state of Kentucky
and is well known for his wildflower portraits. More than 700 species are included on the
USDA Plants and University
of Tennessee herbarium
websites. He uses Nikon equipment,
primarily an F100 body with lenses ranging from an 8 mm fisheye to a 500
telephoto. He still prefers to use
film, primarily Velvia, although he has used a D100 for his Eco-Explorer
work with the Louisville
Science Center.
The images contained in the
galleries on this site are a sample of his work. All images are protected by copyright
laws and may not be used without the express written permission of Dr.
Barnes. He has a policy of allowing
not for profit environmental organizations and educational institutions to
use the images free of charge, however, written permission must still be
granted for the use of the images.
CREDITS
His photographs have been
published in books, calendars, album covers, miscellaneous publications,
text books, web sites and for corporate uses for the likes of Time-Life,
Inc., McGraw Hill, Thompson Publications, Book Production Resources,
Prentice-Hall, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, American Forest
Foundation, Lone Pine Press, Chelsa House Publishers, Great Smoky Mountains
Natural History Association, Audobon.org, The Audubon Institute, Oxford
Financial Group, American Society Microbiology, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens,
Aveda Salons, ABC New England, NatureServe, Wikipedia, and others. Various governmental agencies have used
his images including the National Park Service, Western National Parks
Association, Fish & Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Corps of
Engineers, NRCS, the National Institutes of Health, National Research
Council, National Academies, Royal Ontario Government of Canada, Canadian
Forest Service, CRC for Australian Weed Management, Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry Minister, British Columbia, St. Lawrence Islands National Park,
Algonquin NP, Canada, and the KY Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources, KY
Environmental Protection Cabinet, KY Dept. of Agriculture, MD Dept. Natural
Resources, MI Natural Areas, Montgomery CO. MD, AZ Game & Fish
Commission, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Swaziland National Govt.,
the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, and Lexington FUCG.
His images grace the pages and covers on
various magazines including Farmer’s Almanac, Time for Kids, Scientific
American, Organic Gardening, PlantWatch Newfoundland and Labrador, Freedom
Magazine for Jeep/Cherokee, American Gardener, YES Canada, Natural Health
and Beauty, Weekly Flower Library Japan, Highways, ChicagoLand Gardening
Magazine, The Horse, Land & Water, Forest Landowner, Blue Ridge
Magazine, Wild Neighbor News, Erosion Control, The Wildlife Society
Bulletin, Native Plant Journal, Wildland Weeds, Quail Unlimited, Chemical
& Engineering News, Roswell England Library Newsletter, Birdscapes,
Homeopathy Today, American Bee Journal. Regional publication credits include
Appalachian Heritage, Kentucky Living, Back Home in Kentucky, KY Afield,
Land, Air & Water, Georgia Encyclopedia, The Nature Conservancy News,
Kentucky Gardening, SD Conservation Digest, Oklahoma Nongame News, Wild
Ones Journal, RLEP News, NJ Pinelander, Huron River MI Watershed
Newsletter, Kentucky Native Plant Newsletter, Trunkline, Alabama Wildlife,
Carolina Gardener, and City Magazine.
Not for profit groups that have
used his images include the Smithsonian Institution, Nature Conservancy,
Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, Bronx Zoo, Ueberseemuseum Bremen
Germany, National Honey Board, Center for Biological Diversity, National
Soil Survey Center, Chicago History Museum, National Nutritional Foods
Association, Kentucky Natural Lands Trust, Wild Ones, Bernheim Forest,
Little Traverse MI Conservancy, Henrico County Virginia Government, Prairie
Woods Environmental Learning Center MN, Grand Traverse MI Conservation
District, Friends of Chicago River, Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust,
Central Indiana Land Trust, Northville MI Parks Dept., Wisconsin Dept.
Transportation, Virginia Institute for Marine Science, Irvine Nature
Center, Longwood Gardens, Adirondack Park, Friends of Troy Gardens,
Tamarack Nature Center, Chicago Botanic Garden, Florida Native Plant
Society, Dunwoody Nature Center, Rural Action Forestry, Blandy Experimental
Farm, Lake Waco Wetlands, Houston Wilderness, Ohio Landscape Association,
Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District, Portland Water District, Wisdom
of the Elders, Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Watch
Tower Society, Iowa Living Roadway Trust, National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine, Phytomedical, Teratology Society, AL Forestry
Association, TX Beyond History, ID Fish and Game Watchable Wildlife,
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program,
State Botanic Garden of Georgia, New Mexico Natural Heritage
Program, NJ Natural Lands Trust, Snohomish Conservation District, IL State
Geologic Survey, Palo Alto Historic Battlefield, and North American Native
Plant Society, University of Rhode Island Botanic Garden, Fairfax VA County
Government, Benton Oregon Soil & Water District, Buffalo Mtn Park TN,
Lake County IL Forest Preserves, Ontario Nature, Calusa Nature Center, North Carolina Botanic Garden, Georgia
Native Plant Society, Ohio Farm Bureau, Maine Ag Experiment Station, FL
Dept. Environmental Protection, and
Jefferson County Public Schools. His
photos have also been published in several newspapers include the Lexington
Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier-Journal, Ft. Wayne, IN, Charleston, SC,
Mobile, AL Register, Knoxville News Sentinel, Charlotte Observer, and
Winston-Salem Journal.
Native Plant Nurseries and other commercial vendors using his photos
include Wayside Gardens, Fairweather Gardens,
Scenic Hills Nursery, Native-By-Design, Shooting Star Nursery, Prairie Moon
Nursery, Holes Greenhouse and Gardens, Pacific Rim Native Plant Nursery,
Tropicalesque, CanadaWay Wildflowers, Acorn Nursery, Go Wild Consulting,
Heritage Seedlings, and Wetland Supply Company. The following Universities and
educational institutions have also used his images, University of Kentucky,
Cornell University, Texas A&M University, Univ. CA – Berkley, Univ. IL
– Chicago, University Massachusetts, Boston, Ohio State University,
Virginia Tech., Indiana University, NC State University, East TN State
Univ., Clemson Univ., Penn State Univ., Arizona State Univ., University of
AZ, Oregon State University, University of Calgary, Grinnell, Univ. North
Dakota, UBC Centre for Plant Research, University of Michigan, Washington
State University, University of Regina, University of Rhode Island, St.
Louis University, Yale University Peabody Museum, George Mason University,
University MN Crookston, Southern University and A&M, University of
Alberta, and Samford Univ.
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