Ryan Bumgarner

EDUCATION
• M.A. - Photography/Documentary Studies (Western Carolina University)
• B.A. - Cultural Anthropology and Art History (Appalachian State University)

EXPERIENCE
• Ryan Bumgarner Photography - Owner/Operator (since 2001)
• NC Photobox - Owner (since 2012)
• Seventy-Twodpi, LLC. - Web Developer/Graphic Artist
• Wake Forest University - Field Technician (Contract Archaeologist)
• Museum of Anthropology (WFU) - Guest Curator
• Asheville Art Museum - Visitor Service Coordinator

With a background in both Documentary Studies and Anthropology, Ryan Bumgarner (owner/operator) has learned photographic techniques and concepts through various projects and graduate education. Ryan has continued to explore the artistic sensibility and the technological advances surrounding the photographic world.