rinne allen is a photographer living in athens, georgia who documents process as a way to visually demonstrate the effort that goes into creating things. rinne spends most of her days collaborating with chefs, farmers, artisans, designers, & researchers to document their work and the process that goes into making it, with the hopes that those who view her pictures will learn something from them.
rinne also helps with the creative direction when working with her collaborators- she enjoys everything from coming up with the feeling of a shoot to sourcing the props & styling to the art direction once the photographs have been made. she has overseen the design and production of many different print publications and loves this aspect of her work.
rinne has a background in fine art photography, with a BFA in photography from sewanee, in tennessee, and now works out of her studio in an old house in her hometown of athens, georgia. she lives with her family in a group of houses that they have rehabilitated over the years. her family also tends a large garden, and she makes her light drawings there.
rinne's work has been published in over 15 books and in national & international magazines, as well as shown in galleries and educational institutions. rinne also has a regular column about harvests with the new york times' t magazine that focuses on the southern region that she calls home.
over the years, rinne has worked with:
Alabama Chanin
Artisan Books
Hugh Acheson
Beauty Everyday
Better Homes & Gardens
Bitter Southerner
Bloom magazine
bon appetit
brown parcel press
Chronicle Books
Clarkson Potter
crop stories
design*sponge
Garden & Gun
Georgia Organics
Gravy
Food52
Hable Construction
heartwood forge
Kinfolk
Martha Stewart Living
Modern Farmer
The New York Times
Patagonia
Printed Matter
R. Wood Studio
Saveur Magazine
Selvedge Magazine
Southern Foodways Alliance
state the label
Stewart, Tabori, & Chang/Abrams Books
Terrain
travel & leisure
West Elm
World of Interiors
&
many other great people in interesting places