Arts & Culture

The Photography of Marty Stuart

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville’s 2014 exhibit, American Ballads: The Photographs of Marty Stuart, featured more than sixty black-and-white images taken over the span of Marty Stuart’s career. The photographs included everything from quiet moments with the legends (Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Willie Nelson) to everyday folks Stuart encountered on the road, as well as a series devoted to the Lakota people in South Dakota. Get a glimpse of Stuart’s work in the following slideshow.

May 7, 2014

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John R. Cash, Last Portrait, September 8, 2003, 2003. Archival pigment print.

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John R. Cash, Last Portrait, September 8, 2003, 2003. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

J.R. Cash, Snorkle the Pig, and Theodore the Turkey on the Farm, 1982. Archival pigment print.

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J.R. Cash, Snorkle the Pig, and Theodore the Turkey on the Farm, 1982. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Little Jimmy Dickens, 2005. Archival pigment print.

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Little Jimmy Dickens, 2005. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Willie Nelson, 1994. Archival pigment print.

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Willie Nelson, 1994. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Willie and Waylon, 1985. Archival pigment print.

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Willie and Waylon, 1985. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Willie and Waylon, 1985. Archival pigment print.

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Willie and Waylon, 1985. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Miss Sharlene as Dolly Parton, 2005. Archival pigment print.

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Miss Sharlene as Dolly Parton, 2005. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Queenie, Emmylou Harris, 1995. Archival pigment print.

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Queenie, Emmylou Harris, 1995. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Earl Scruggs, 1998. Archival pigment print.

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Earl Scruggs, 1998. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Bill Monroe, Last Winter, 1995. Archival pigment print.

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Bill Monroe, Last Winter, 1995. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

"Baby, your Grandpa was a man named Hank Williams," Hank Williams, Jr., and his daughter, Katie, 1995. Archival pigment print.

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“Baby, your Grandpa was a man named Hank Williams,” Hank Williams, Jr., and his daughter, Katie, 1995. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Lester Flatt, Bluegrass Festival, 1975. Archival pigment print.

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Lester Flatt, Bluegrass Festival, 1975. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

The Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells, 1994. Archival pigment print.

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The Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells, 1994. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

The King of Broken Hearts, George Jones, 1997. Archival pigment print.

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The King of Broken Hearts, George Jones, 1997. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Steve Earle Talking Blues, 1995. Archival pigment print.

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Steve Earle Talking Blues, 1995. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Unknown Hinson, the Country Music Dracula, 2001. Archival pigment print.

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Unknown Hinson, the Country Music Dracula, 2001. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Loretta Lynn, Blue Kentucky Girl, 1994. Archival pigment print.

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Loretta Lynn, Blue Kentucky Girl, 1994. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

George Jones, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris, 1994. Archival pigment print.

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George Jones, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris, 1994. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Marvin Helper at Home, 2005. Archival pigment print.

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Marvin Helper at Home, 2005. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Connie Smith, 1997. Archival pigment print.

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Connie Smith, 1997. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

The Knoxville Girls at Dollywood, 1995. Archival pigment print.

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The Knoxville Girls at Dollywood, 1995. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Aunt Waldine, 1995. Archival pigment print.

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Aunt Waldine, 1995. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Millie Black Bear, 2000. Archival pigment print.

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Millie Black Bear, 2000. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

Eagle Dancers, 2000. Archival pigment print.

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Eagle Dancers, 2000. Archival pigment print.

© Marty Stuart

A cover with Nate Bargatze

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