Capturing The Undersung Blues People Of The Rural South
Tim Duffy started Music Maker Relief Foundation to support blues musicians lost to time and poverty. He's also photographed their portraits for a new book, compilation album and museum exhibition.
Timothy Duffy is on a mission to document America's vernacular music — specifically, the blues — and the everyday men and women who carry on the tradition. He's the co-founder of Music Maker Relief Foundation, a nonprofit that helps struggling and aging musicians.
Duffy is also a photographer, and his new project is a collection of portraits of these musicians, who are not at the New Orleans Museum of Art through the end of July.
