This page will feature news about my photography......

I have some Cherokee High football photos on a Kingsport Times-News photo site. My user name is "rnb". the site is: http://spotted.timesnews.net.index.php, or you can find it by doing a search for "spotted kingsport". (October 08)

I'll be working on a book, Then & Now, Rogersville, for Arcadia Publishing. Rodney Ferrel and I will co-author this book of old and new photos. If you have old Rogersville, TN photos you'd like us to consider, please let me know. (October 08)

One of my photos is on page 13 of the September issue of Country Extra Magazine. (August 08) 

I learned that I'll have two photos in the new book,The Barns of Tennessee, which will be published by Donner Press this fall. (July 2008)

I have a photo on page 85 of the August issue of Blue Ridge Country.This is its 20th anniversary issue, so I was happy to be included in this landmark issue. (July 2008) 

There are two of my photos (though uncredited) in the new book, Grass Roots, A Musical Heritage of East Tennessee by Jim Beller and Hale Vance on pages 112 and 133.(May 2008)

The weekend at Berea was great! The issue of Appalachian Heritage was very well done. The reception was very nice, and we spent a lot of time with author Sharyn McCrumb. (April 08)

My photographs will illustrate the next issue of Appalachian Heritage magazine. The feature writer will be the late Mildred Haun. A reception will be held at Berea College (Kentucky) on April 25. (March 08)

One of my photos was on the cover of the Johnson City Press newspaper on March 24, along with 3 more photos on page 11A, in a story about the ETSU Bluegrass Program. (March 08)

I was named to the International Freelance Photographers Association's Hall of Fame on January 18, 2008. I received an "Honorary Degree of Distinction in the Photographic Arts and Sciences." (Jan 08)

I had a black & white photo on the inside back cover of the Jan 2008 Issue (Volume 23, number 2) of "Now & Then", ETSU's Appalachian Magazine.  (Jan 08)

My photo of the Hale Springs Inn won 1st Honorable mention, Professional Division, in the Scenic Tennessee Photo Contest. The winning photos will be exhibited at three locations across the state. (Dec 2008) 

I worked with a local historical group to help them publish a postcard of the Price Public School/Swift Museum in Rogersville. (Nov 08)

I had the cover of "The Tennessee Banker" magazine in November, 2008.