E. Bruce Barfield of Millennium III Productions

E. Bruce Barfield learned how to first shoot photographs in the Navy after being recruited as a military photography. After 22 years of service, he's still shooting photos, and fondly looks back to the many places he was able to visit that most people never get to see - including a memorable trip to the South Pole. Once he retired from his military career, Barfield went on to acquire a BA in Liberal Arts, then studied both anthropology and archaeology at Indiana University. This led to a full decade of work as an archaeologist for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, which are located along the western side of the Blue Ridge mountains. While there, Barfield supervised an archeaological field school over six summers near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Thousands of stone artifacts spanning a ten thousand year period were recovered in a prehistorical Native American quarry site.

Currently Barfield is enjoying his retirement by selling his fine art photographs on Roanoke's History City Market. While he prefers scenic shots from the many places he's traveled, you can also find a smattering of portraits as well. He describes selling on the Farmer's Market as the grandest experience of his life, and the market is indeed lucky to have him. 

Barfield's favorite picture is one of the Berlin Wall. Taken on November 9, 1989, this photograph was shot two days after the gates were opened to allow the passage of the East Germans into the West after its forty years of communist rule. The photo includes not only a section of the wall, but Maestro Mstislav Rostropovich playing his cello. Rostropovich is known as one of the greatest cellists of the Twentieth Century.

You can find E. Bruce Barfield on the Roanoke Farmer's Market Thursdays through Saturdays, weather permitting. He takes off the months of January and February, except in cases of unusually warm days.