Gary Peeples is an amateur photographer based in Asheville, North Carolina. He can be reached at garypeeples@charter.net.

Juried shows -

• Regarding Leisure - University of North Florida Gallery of Art. Alexander Diaz, Christopher Luhar-Trice, Daniel Seth Kraus, jurors. March 5 - May 5, 2015.

• Rock and Roll - MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paul Natkin, juror. January 16 - March 1, 2015.

• Snapshot Aesthetic: Domestic and Everyday - Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Stacey McCarroll Cutshaw, juror. October 1 - 20, 2014.

• Southern Women at Work – The University of New Orleans Gallery. Aruya Marton, juror. February 28 - April 6, 2014. Second place.

• Hipstamatic – A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. Mario Estrada, juror. February 14 - March 30, 2014. Honorable mention.

• July – A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. Christy Karpinksi, juror. July 5 - August 10, 2013.

• Knoxville Photo 2013 – Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, Tennessee. R.L. Gibson, juror. July 5 - 26, 2013

• I’ll Be Your Mirror: Portraits 2013 – 1650 Gallery and Studio, Los Angles, California. Andrew Overtoom, juror. May 25 - July 5, 2013.

• Upload – Art of the Digital Camera Phone – Upstairs [Artspace], Tryon, North Carolina. Colby Caldwell, juror. January 18 - February 18, 2013. Honorable mention.

Collections-

• Looking at Appalachia, 2015 contributor

Photos used by -

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• U.S. Department of the Interior

• American Rivers • Defenders of Wildlife

• Georgia Department of Natural Resources

• United Press International

• Asheville Citizen Times

• The Freshwater Blog

• White-nose syndrome.org

• America’s Wild Read