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1. J I M M c G U I R E | P H O T O G R A P H E R

2. J I M M c G U I R E | P H O T O G R A P H E R

3. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
I was born and raised as the second oldest in
one of the many dysfunctional Irish families
in central New Jersey in the 1950s. I can‟t
remember what I had for lunch
yesterday, but I can still remember what the
room smelled like when I walked in and
heard Hank Snow‟s voice coming from those
ratty speakers at a Boy Scout camp in New
Jersey, 1953. I was twelve. That was the
beginning of my love of hillbilly music.

4. While in the Air Force in Vietnam in 1964, I
learned how to use a camera. I went in as a
weatherman and came out a photographer.
My stint in New York was from 1966 until
1972. It included some night school, slaving
as an underpaid photo assistant and
corporate photographer for TWAAirlines
until I started shooting for myself. I began
shooting Bluegrass music festivals in
Northern Virginia which eventually led to
getting a foot in the door at some record
companies and finally to shooting album
covers.
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

5. In 1971, I visited friends in Nashville and it
was love at first sight. By 1972, I was living
there. Although there was plenty of music
photography to be had, my first love was
still music and my intention was to find a
way into producing records. It never
happened. I shot my first Nashville album
cover for Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth and
never looked back.
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

6. Six hundred and fifty album covers and forty
one years later I think it was the right
decision. I guess my most satisfying
achievement is the body of black and white
images of musicians now known as The
Nashville Portraits. I didn‟t realize at the
time but this collection now has a major
historic significance capturing many of the
people who put Nashville on the map thru
it‟s most productive time … and I‟m happy
to say, also includes many friends.
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

7. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
“I have always had a thing for black and
white. LIFE magazine, On The
Waterfront, Blackboard Jungle, The Wild
One. These were very powerful images for
my young eyes. Even in later years, black
and white images had a way of staying
with me longer and speaking to me louder
than anything else.”
– Jim McGuire

8. “He put the twang back into black
and white photography.”
– Marty Stuart, Country Artist
“McGuire‟s pictures do everything
except burst into song.”
– Mark Knopfler, Musician
“He has spent years
painstakingly, unceasingly—well, if
you don‟t count all those days he lost
at the race track—assembling a body
of work that is unlike any other. He
has given a face to American
music.”
– Kevin Grogan
Director, The Morris Museum of Art
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

9. “The photographic archive of Jim McGuire
consists of approximately 2,000
photographs, 260,000 negatives and 17,000
digital images. As one of the preeminent
photographers of country musicians and their
milieu, McGuire has created an archive of
unique value, both as a cultural and historical
resource and as an artistic milestone.”
Penelope Dixon, AAA
Senior Member, Appraisers Association of America
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
THE ARCHIVE

10. “Jim McGuire‟s photographs portray virtually every
musician of significance that has performed or
recorded in Nashville, Tennessee in the last forty years.
Subjects include Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Bill
Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Kris Kristofferson and Dolly
Parton among hundreds of others. The most well
known subset of McGuire‟s work was published in
2007 in a book entitled The Nashville Portraits.
Included in this archive are over one hundred rolls of
B&W film documenting the final months of Grand Ole
Opry performances downtown at the Ryman
Auditorium before moving to OPRYLAND in March
1974. This work was published in a 2007 book entitled
Historic Photos of The Opry-The Ryman Auditorium-
1974.
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
THE ARCHIVE

11. THE NASHVILLE PORTRAITS
THE RYMAN 1974
McGUIRE PHOTOGRAPHY
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
THE ARCHIVE
INCLUDES

12. THE NASHVILLE
PORTRAITS
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

13. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
BILL MONROE

14. DOLLY PARTON
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

15. CHET ATKINS
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

16. JOHNNY CASH
BILLY GRAHAM
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

17. DOC WATSON
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

18. LYLE LOVETT JOHN HIATT JOE ELY GUY CLARK
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

19. RODNEY CROWELL
ROSANNE CASH
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

20. VINCE GILL
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

21. WAYLON JENNINGS
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

22. EARL SCRUGGS
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

23. KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

24. SUSANNA CLARK
GUY CLARK
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

25. THE HIGHWAYMEN
WAYLON JENNINGS
WILLIE NELSON
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
JOHNNY CASH
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

26. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
THE HIGHWAYMEN

27. HISTORIC PHOTOS
OF THE OPRY-
THE RYMAN 1974
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

28. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
“The first time I saw Jim McGuire‟s photo
of the Ryman Auditorium with the
lightning flashing above it, it was hanging
on Roy Acuff‟s wall. I remember saying to
Mr. Acuff „That is Jim McGuire‟s work, I
know it is and that‟s going to be his
masterpiece.‟”
– Marty Stuart, Country Artist

29. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

30. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

31. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

32. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

33. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
MINNIE OPENING THE SHOW

34. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
ROY ACUFF DRESSING ROOM

35. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
ROY ACUFF & MINNIE PEARL

36. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

37. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
DOLLY PARTON & PORTER WAGGONER

38. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

39. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

40. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
MARTY ROBBINS

41. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
BILL MONROE

42. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
DEFORD BAILEY

43. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
BOBBY BARE & BARE, JR.

44. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
JOHNNY CASH & JUNE CARTER CASH

45. McGUIRE
PHOTOGRAPHY
C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

46. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
BICYCLE GANG / NEW YORK CITY

47. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
LARRY THE CABLE GUY
JEFF FOXWORTHY
BILL ENGVALL

48. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
DOC WATSON

49. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
JOHN BAEDER, ARTIST

50. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
LARRY CORDLE

51. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E

52. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
GUY CLARK

53. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
J.C. CROWLEY

54. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
JOHN HIATT

55. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
KENNY ROGERS

56. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
KIRK WHALUM

57. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
MAURA O’CONNELL

58. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
DEL McCOURY BAND

59. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
NANCI GRIFFITH

60. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
NANCY BLAKE

61. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
RAUL MALO

62. C L I C K T O C O N T I N U E
JOHN PRINE

63. website: www.nashvilleportraits.com email: mcguire@nashvilleportraits.com phone: 615-244-1947