Background
Barney was born Tina Isles, one of three children of Philip Henry Isles (1912–1989) and his wife 1940s fashion model Lillian Fox. Her parents later divorced and her mother remarried to writer Stephane Groueff.
Barney was born Tina Isles, one of three children of Philip Henry Isles (1912–1989) and his wife 1940s fashion model Lillian Fox. Her parents later divorced and her mother remarried to writer Stephane Groueff.
As a teenager, she studied Art History at Spence School in Manhattan, and at the age of 19, she lived in Italy for a time where she was able to further study art While in Idaho, she studied at the Sun Valley Center for Arts and Humanities in Ketchum, from 1976 to 1979. Additionally, she has completed workshops with Frederick Sommer, Roger Mertin, Joyce Niemanas, Duane Michals, Nathan Lyons, John Pfahl, and Robert Cumming.
Barney is most well known for creating large format, colorful photographs of her wealthy, East Coast family. The images straddle the line between candid and tableau photography. Barney"s work is in the collections of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New New York
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. The JPMorgan Chase Art Collection in New York City.
And the Museum of Contemporary Photography. More recently her work has been shown at the New York State Theater in New York, in 2011.
The Barbican Art Centre, London.
Museum Folkwang in Essen, Museum der Art Moderne, Salzburg, and others Barney has also produced or co-directed short films on the photographers January Groover (January Groover: Tilting at Space, 1994) and Horst P. Horst (Horst, 1988). She had a documentary filmed about her life, aired 2007 on Sundance Channel, directed by Jaci Judelson.
Barney is currently represented by Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York City
Players (Steidl Press, 2011)
The Europeans (Barbican Art Gallery and Steidl Press, 2005)
2015: "The Europeans," Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee
2012: "Small Towns," Janet Borden, Incorporated.
New York City
2012: "The Europeans," Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2010: "Players," Janet Borden, Incorporated. New York City
2005: "The Europeans," Barbican Art Gallery, London
2003: "Les Européens", curator: Janet Borden.
Les Rencontres d"Arles, France. 2015: "Four Decades", Paul Kasmin Gallery, New New York
She is a member of the Lehman family.
