Barney Sellers

Photographer Barney Sellers, noted for his colorful Ozark and Southern rural scenes, is a native of Walnut Ridge, AR. He is a journalism school graduate of Arkansas State University, and the old Woodard School of Photography in Memphis, TN. He spent 36 years as a staff photographer with The Commercial Appeal in Memphis before retiring and moving to Batesville, AR, with his wife, Betty Sue, in 1988. Like any newspaper photographer with longevity, Barney has won many local, state, and national awards, and his work has been published throughout the world.
Since 1977, he has done an annual one-man show at Black Rock, AR, where he once attended school, with attendance at the event as high as 2,000. This event has been written up in the Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, Milwaukee Sentinel, San Jose Mercury, Grit, Ozarks Mountaineer, Modern Maturity, and many other newspapers and magazines. In January 1995 he was featured in a 4-page article titled, “Ozark Barn Hunter,” in Country America magazine.
Barney’s answer to a book is his “A Video Postcard,” a 33 minute VHS video tape with 200 of his colorful scenes with background music. Nowadays, Mr. Sellers stays active adding to the collection of over 50,000 negatives in his inventory, and doing photographic workshops and field trips. His non-people scenes can be seen in homes and offices throughout the world. He calls his collection “Barney’s Barns…and Rural Scenes.” He often shows and sells his work at arts and crafts shows. Also, he has a collection of large matted and framed scenes for gallery shows. He refers to his work as “simple little scenes that hurrying people pass by without seeing through the lens of a camera.” He plans to donate a selection of his work to three libraries.
Izard County, Arkansas, has been the subject of many of Barney’s stunning photographs. Armed with a camera and his artistic eye, he has truly captured the spirit of Izard County and preserved its beauty for generations to come. The Izard County Fair Association is thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase the work of Barney Sellers. Mr. Sellers, we are indebted to you for preserving the beauty of our county and allowing us to show it off to the world!

Email Barney Sellers: barneys@ipa.net
View Barney’s work at www.barnsandruralscenes.com

Some photographs on this website are copyrighted by Barney Sellers and used with permission from the artist.