Barbara Peacock

Barbara Peacock is an American photographer. She has published the books Hometown and American Bedroom (2023).

Early life and education Peacock grew up in Westford, Massachusetts. She studied fine arts at Boston University College of Fine Arts, and photography and filmmaking at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, also in Boston.

Work Hometown is a 33-year project that documents the small-town people and events of Westford, Massachusetts. Looking for a cross-section of people from all walks of life, Peacock photographed about 400 people in every region of the United States, between 2016 and 2023. The book is broken down into five sections by geographic region.

Personal life she lived in Portland, Maine.

Publications Hometown: 1982–2016. Brooklyn, NY: Bazan Photos, 2016. . American Bedroom: Reflections on the Nature of Life. Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer, 2023. .

Awards 2016: LensCulture Portrait Award 2017: One of five winners of the $10,000 Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography for American Bedroom 2018: LensCulture Emerging Talent Award 2022: One of seven winners, of the $5,000 Women Photograph Project Grant for American Bedroom 2022: LensCulture Finalist, Portraits 2023: Griffin Museum of Photography Arthur Griffin Legacy Award 2024: FEP European Photo Book Award