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    Jack Stoddart Studio & Gallery

    Jack and Lynne "Munch" moved to the plateau in March of 1972. They had a plan to create a black and white silver gelatin historical documentation of a vanishing Plateau culture. The people in rural Overton County still retained the lifestyles and attitudes of past generations. The mules working and the rail fences. The people dressed and working in the simple country manner of the past. Whenever they had a spare moment they would drive the back roads and photograph the past, old stores, churches and barns. Mostly photographing old folks still living the life of simple rural farmers. In 1981, Kevin Grogan, then director of the Cheekwood Museum in Nashville, gave them a show in the Cheekwood Mansion Gallery. This was the first recognition on a large scale, an exhibit that validated years of dedicated effort. The result is "The Plateau Collection", recently accepted into the collections of The Morris Museum in Augusta, GA; the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, and the Museum of American History at the Smithsonian. This is a story about two people who dedicated themselves at a very early age. Thirty-four years later they are being recognized by museums as worthy of acquisition. The recognition is a nice touch, but Jack and Munch have always considered their acceptance by the local community to be the highest reward. They consider it a privilege to have raised their family in an environment that valued friends and family above money and fame.

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      Jack Stoddart Studio & Gallery

      642 Shiloh Road
      Crawford, TN 38554

      Phone: (931)445-2072

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