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Tim Barber

Tim Barber takes pictures for “Me and You.” I’m not sure if Tim knows me well enough to make a statement like that, but I’d say it’s fairly accurate. Tim’s interest in photography started at an early age and his work and subjects range from shooting fashion campaigns for the likes of Stella McCartney, to a series called “Kitty City,” which contained a number of kittens in urban diorama-like scenes. His most recent show, titled “Mystic Heather & Virgin Snow,” contained a number of his personal photographs, all evoking a feeling of eeriness… plus the series contains a lot of boobs.Apart from his own photography, Tim was the photo editor at Vice Magazine for a number of years. He landed the gig by meeting “Terence Koh in college and he introduced me to Ryan McGinley, who was the photo editor at Vice at the time. He put my work in the magazine and I continued to contribute to Vice after that. When I graduated, Ryan had moved on to other things, so I started working there as photo editor.” As photo editor, Tim championed the look of the point and shoot aesthetic (think Terry Richardson), but it should be noted its more of an aesthetic than a movement. According to Tim, “I wouldn’t call it a movement. It’s just a style that has become more popular and accepted. Movements are organized and have objectives.” So whose photography is Tim interested in?“I have www.tinyvices.com to answer that question.” Tiny Vices is an online gallery curated by Tim and driven by user submissions. The purpose of Tiny Vices is “to have an accessible place where I could show my work and the work of others that I thought was interesting.” Along with Tiny Vices, Tim launched the New York based publishing house TV Books, whose catalogue includes books from the likes of Patrick Griffin (resposible for the infamous zine, Frenemies), Chris Dorland and Gordon Hull, amongst others. Tim is currently in the process of re-launching Tiny Vices, which doesn’t leave him much time to find the subject he would shoot if he could take pictures of anything, “The girl of my dreams, because I’d like to meet her.”

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