Steve Young

Jim McGuire’s Nashville Portraits is an unparalleled collection of in-studio photographs taken over the course of 30 years. New Jersey born Jim Mcguire picked up photography during a year long army stint in Vietman. When he returned to the states in 1965, he moved to New York and continued to develop as a photographer before moving to Nashville in the early 70s to apply his craft to his one true love, country music.

Chet Atkins

On his website, McGuire states: “From a young age, I was drawn to hillbilly music, to the sounds, the emotion, the honesty, and then of course to the people who made it. I can’t remember what I had for lunch yesterday, but I can still remember what the room smelled like when I walked in and heard Hank Snow’s voice coming from those ratty speakers at a Boy Scout camp in New Jersey, 1953. Discovering country music changed my life in ways I couldn’t have imagined.”

Doc Watson

Check out additional portraits of Waylon Jennings, Ralph Stanley, Townes Van Zandt and others after the jump. For the full collection, head on over the McGuire’s website.

Guy and Susanna Clark

Townes Van Zandt

Steve Earle

Lester Flatt

The Dillards

Jerry Byrd and Curley Chalker

Dolly Parton

Ralph Stanley

Waylon Jennings

Bill Monroe

Johnny Cash and Dr. Billy Graham