Barbara Peacock

Cora and Ollie. Cora and Ollie play in the yard before dinner. © Barbara Peacock Ray. Every day, Ray sells eggs and vegetables to the locals. © Barbara Peacock End-of-the-summer party. Jackie enjoys the end-of-the-summer party © Barbara Peacock Asher and Cedar. Asher spends time with his cow, Cedar, before showing it at the County Fair. © Barbara Peacock Casey and her duck. Casey chases down her favorite duck. © Barbara Peacock Turkey Butchering.

We’re thrilled to announce the winners, jurors’ picks and finalists of the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2025 — a global celebration of photographic portraiture in all its powerful, personal, and political forms. Since the earliest days of photography, portraits have served as a way for people to see and remember themselves and others.

Photographer Barbara Peacock has spent the last seven years traveling across the United States to get a glimpse inside our most intimate space—the bedroom. By photographing people from all walks of life in a room where they are their most vulnerable, Peacock paints a picture of modern America. Her forthcoming book, American Bedroom, is the culmination of this project. My Modern Met first covered Peacock's series in 2017, just one year after she started her adventure.