BEST LOCAL ARTIST
Byron Baldwin
Baldwin has graced Charlotte with his
talent forever, but as with Hodges Taylor Gallery, this is also not a lifetime achievement award. Baldwin is the kind of master photographer who manages to traverse genres seamlessly, without playing to the crowd and without losing himself. Theres a piece of the artist in every portrait, landscape, dumpsite, shanty or chicken shack hes ever photographed. Hes Charlottes hybrid cross between painter Edward Hopper and Alabama photographer William Christenberry. A jewel in the crown.