Allan Barnes, born in Detroit, Michigan, has almost four decades of experience in photography. As a former photojournalist, his work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Detroit Free Press, Spin, and Metropolis Magazine. After relocating to California in 2007, Allan shifted his focus to teaching and has been an instructor of digital photography at Ann Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill, California, since 2017. In addition to his high school classes, he offers workshops on historic photographic processes across California, including at his San Jose studio—where he specializes in portraiture using 19th-century cameras and techniques—at the Harvey Milk Photo Center in San Francisco, and the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Most recently, Allan has been exploring landscape photography using a mobile darkroom built into his 1985 Toyota Dolphin RV. His work has been exhibited at the Center for Photographic Art, the LightBox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, Oregon, and The Image Flow in the North Bay.