Thomas Barrow

Born in 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, he studied with Aaron Siskind at the Art Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois and graduated with an MA in 1967. He has been at the forefront of a generation of photographers who came of age during the sixties counterculture and has worked with numerous experimental process. During his prestigious career he has filled multiple roles as curator, editor, educator and practitioner. He held the titles of curator, assistant director and editor at George Eastman House from 1965-1972. In 1976 Barrow began teaching photography at the University of New Mexico and became Director of the university’s Art Museum in 1985.