Barbara Beirne

  • Projects
    • Becoming American
    • Women of Appalachia
    • Belfast
    • Children
    • Praise The Lord
    • Dismal Harmony
  • Exhibitions
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  • Black-and-white photograph by Barbara Beirne. At an Olympic pool, Lili Shek, a young Chinese woman, is wearing a bathing suit and adjusting her swim cap. She's looking up and to the left of the frame.
  • Black-and-white photograph by Barbara Beirne. Mary Jack Hargins stands outside next to a wooden post and a metal wire fence. She's a middle-aged white woman with short hair, wearing a Western long-sleeve shirt and jeans. Her left hand rests on the wooden post, and her right thumb is hooked on her pocket.
  • Color photograph by Barbara Beirne. High-angle shot looking down onto a young boy holding a rock in his left hand, close to his ear. His right eye is closed, and his mouth curled up to the side. He wears a striped T-shirt.
  • Color photograph by Barbara Beirne. Three young black girls in a playground wearing pink costumes and plastic masks of blonde white women.
  • Black-and-white photograph by Barbara Beirne. A black child sits at the table before a cookie on a paper napkin, head down, holding her hands in prayer.
  • Color photograph by Barbara Beirne. This is an image of a wooded area taken from higher ground. A small river runs through the bottom of the frame, and fall leaves and branches cover the ground below.