Tim Barber is a New York

New York

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 based photographer, curator

Curator

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 and publisher.

Biography

Tim Barber was born in 1979 in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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 and grew up in Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. He now lives in New York City.

Tim Barber was previously a photo editor

Editor

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 at Vice Magazine, and co-curator of the 2008 New York Photo Festival

New York Photo Festival

The New York Photo Festival was founded in January 2007 by Frank Evers and Daniel Power in an effort to establish a world-class photo festival in the United States dedicated to the "Future of Contemporary Photography"...

.
He runs the online gallery

Gallery

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 and image archive tinyvices.com, where visitors can submit their artwork and photographs; this has recently been released as an iPhone App available free from the iTunes store. Barber curated and edited a series of five artists monographs that were published by the Aperture Foundation

Aperture Foundation

The Aperture Foundation was founded in 1952 by Ansel Adams, Minor White, Barbara Morgan, Dorothea Lange, Nancy Newhall, Beaumont Newhall, Ernest Louie, Melton Ferris, and Dody Warren. Their vision was to create a forum for fine art photography, a new concept at the time. The first issue of...

 in 2008. Barber also launched the independent publishing house TV Books in 2008, and directed a three-part music video for the New York band A.R.E. Weapons

A.R.E. Weapons

A.R.E. Weapons is a noise-rock band from New York City. Formed in 1999 by Matthew McAuley, Brian F. McPeck, and Ryan Noel, A.R.E. Weapons has been described as hardcore electro-rock. Their live shows are noted for their aggressiveness and confrontational style. Rough Trade was encouraged to sign...

in 2010. He has worked as a photographer for such brands as Nike, Urban Outfitters, Stella McCartney, Woolrich and Opening Ceremony, and has shot editorial content for the magazines Muse, Twin, The Journal, Elle, Vogue Homme Japan, Marie Claire and Dased & Confused. He is represented in the UK by Webber Represents and the US by 1+1 Management.