About Us
Ryan Bumgarner - Digital Media Specialist
With a background in photography, Documentary Studies and Anthropology, I have learned photographic techniques and concepts through various projects, graduate education and continue to explore the artistic sensibility and the technological advances surrounding the photographic world.
I am a lover of nature and travel. I maintain physical and mental excellence through daily workout and meditation. Hiking, biking, playing disc golf and surf fishing are hobbies I feel very passionate about. I love my family and feel blessed to have them in my life. Photography is my life!
EDUCATION
• M.A. - Photography/Computer Information Systems (Western Carolina University)
• B.A. - Cultural Anthropology and Art History (Appalachian State University)
EXPERIENCE
• Ryan Bumgarner Photography - Owner/Operator (since 2001)
• Realtor - WNC-Realty.com - RE/MAX Results
• Seventy-Two dpi, LLC. - Web Developer/Graphic Artist
• Wake Forest University - Field Technician (Contract Archaeologist)
• Museum of Anthropology (WFU) - Curator
• Asheville Art Museum - Visitor Service Coordinator
The Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte North Carolina gave me the opportunity to document some of North Carolina's finest potteries and it was at this point I knew photography would be my profession. Six months later I had documented over thirty potteries and had photographed over 7000 pieces of pottery in the permanent collection. Since then I have photographed 100's of weddings and have had the opportunity to work with some of the finest businesses in Western North Carolina. I have also performed documentary work for the Anthropology Dept. of Wake Forest University and the Asheville Art Museum