Distinguished Photographer Series

Floridian, Jim McManus, has been a 3D photographer for over 25 years, opening eyes to new dimensions in stereo with a variety of home-built twin camera rigs. In 2018 Jim created stereo images for a permanent exhibit at Niagara Falls State Park.

During the last decade, Doug Hanson has been making photographs, instead of taking them. The maker-movement takes many forms, and within this movement, Doug focused on the craft and artistry of image making. Transitioning from painting to photographing, Doug’s work spans Tintype, Gelatin Silver, Cyanotype, Pinhole, Mordancage, Solargraphy, and other analog methods which have been […]

You may have read his articles in Outdoor Photography, or seen his images in numerous commercial publications, including the New York Times and on the cover of National Geographic. Photographer Ken Kaminesky speaks as part of the Distinguished Photographer Series sponsored by the Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas. Distinguished Photographer: Ken Kaminesky Ken Kaminesky is […]

Across four decades of public reporting, perhaps no photographer has been so widely recognized as Diana Mara Henry for historical record of the Women’s Movement. Her breath of subject extends from the presidential campaigns of McGovern, Carter, Reagan and media titan Malcolm Forbes to demonstrations for the ERA and the Women’s Pentagon Action. She won […]

Michael Bradley, a wetplate photographer who celebrates Maori Facial Tattoos and its placement within indigenous culture. The visible spectrum of wetplate collodion, is insensitive to blue light – which also is the color of ‘ta moko’ facial markings of Maori people, in his native New Zealand. Facial tattoos are an important part of Maori culture, […]

The PSNWA Distinguished Photographer series presents Lou Meluso, a photographer who has worked for museums like the Getty in Los Angeles and the Nelson Atkins in Kansas City. As an expert technician and artist image maker, Lou was also Director of Imaging at the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently the Director of the Fort Smith […]

The PSNWA Distinguished Photographer series presents Beverly Buys, a cyanotype artist from Hot Springs, Arkansas. A former educator who is listed on the Arkansas Arts Registry, she is a 57th Delta exhibition participant, and has hung solo shows at the Delta Cultural Center, ASU Beebe Gallery, and many other locations. Primarily known for cyanotypes, she […]

Brooklyn photographer Ed Drew was commissioned to photograph Black Arkansas Veterans upon a recent relocation to Little Rock – a work on social equality which is currently on exhibit at the Mosaic Templar Cultural Center. Using historic photographic methods, Ed’s work is reflective also on the history of oppression for African Americans who have served […]

Since 2017, Carlos Diaz has travelled 30,000 miles photographing Confederate Monuments as they are being removed. As a person of color, he is “bravely attentive” to American history and national shortcomings on race and diversity. In an effort to better understand the controversy and complexity of Confederate Monuments, Carlos hopes his viewers will engage as […]

Can You Make Hair For Me? Since 2018, Eileen Powers has had 11 rounds of chemotherapy, abdominal resection surgery due to lymphoma, a stem cell transplant and a CAR t-cell treatment. She is a photographer, artist and graphic designer living on Cape Cod who fought cancer with levity and joy. Upon losing hair to chemo, […]