Melanie Dunea

Country: Portraits of an American Sound presents images of the pioneers, poets and icons of country music.

From her early days as a fashion photographer in London, to her work shooting celebrity portraits, to the creation of the online Dish Magazine, Raeanne Rubenstein has worked with some of the biggest names in movies, music and pop culture.

Henry Horenstein is a professional photographer, author and a professor of photography at Rhode Island School of Design.

Nashville-based photographer David McClister grew up in the South and began his career as a filmmaker and music video director.

Originally a restaurant owner, Elmer Williams began supplementing his income by taking photographs for insurance companies, weddings and family portraits.

During his 50-year career as a photographer and photojournalist, Leigh Wiener photographed every U.S. president from Truman to Reagan, Hollywood legends from Marilyn to Marlon and musicians from Miles to Sinatra.

Les Leverett worked for Associated Photographers in Nashville from 1952 until late 1956 and started the photographic department at The National Life Company in 1960.

Walden S. Fabry was a studio portrait photographer working in Peoria, Illinois in the 1940s when country comedian Minnie Pearl persuaded him to move to Nashville.

Michael Wilson is a freelance photographer who has worked extensively in the music industry, photographing artists such as Lyle Lovett, B.B. King and Waylon Jennings.

After founding the Modern Folk Quartet, Henry Diltz formed many friendships with recording artists of the California rock community in the 60s and 70s.

Ethan Russell is an author of three books and a Grammy nominated photographer and director.

Lawson Little came to Nashville, Tenessee in 1997 from New York City where he taught fine arts photography classes at the Cooper Union School of Art and was the management photographer for the Jacob Javitz Convention Center.

Barbara Danielson received her B.F.A. in Photography from the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History.

Living on a small ranch in Northern Arizona, Bev Pettit has many opportunities to photograph what she loves: nature, horses and the people who work on the vast cattle ranches surrounding her.