BE 2026

Michael Weintrob: INSTRUMENTHEAD

Photographer Michael Weintrob returns to Big Ears — nearly a decade after launching the award-winning INSTRUMENTHEAD book here in 2017. The series presents musicians obscured by the instruments that define their sound, portraits suspended between identity and anonymity. A pandemic-era follow-up, INSTRUMENTHEAD: Revealed, reunites the same musicians, this time unmasked — forming a complete visual dialogue between the surreal portrait and its real counterpart. Both volumes are award-winning titles from the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Stop by the INSTRUMENTHEAD Art Truck located outside of Mill & Mine to experience the work in a curated setting and order limited edition prints and box sets!

ART TRUCK HOURS

All Festival Weekend

BIG EARS
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Knoxville, TN · USA

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