Timothy Hursley is a Little Rock-based photographer who is considered to be one of the finest architectural photographers in the world. He is the recipient of the 1990 American Institute of Architects Honor Award and his work has appeared in virtually every major architectural publication.

The photographs on exhibit follow the construction of the Clinton Presidential Center from January
of 2003 to the present. Hursley, whose work had primarily focused on finished buildings and
structures, began working on the project out of interest in documenting the Clinton Presidential Center from the ground up and “exploring the site as the facade builds within the context of Little Rock.” The result is a collection of photographs of interiors and exteriors of the
center’s construction using both a shutter camera and a pinhole camera that had belonged
to Arkansas photographer Thomas Harding.


Hursley gained worldwide attention when he collaborated with Andrea Oppenheimer Dean on the book Rural Studio, Samuel Mockbee and Architecture of Decency. Exhibits related to the Rural Studio that include Hursley’s photography have shown nationally (including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York) and internationally. A second book by Dean and Hursley about the Rural Studio is due out in February 2005. Hursley’s books will be for sale in the Museum Store.