Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Alabama, Chip Cooper served for more than three decades as director of photography for The University of Alabama. He has published a number of photography books, including Hunting: The Southern Tradition, Alabama Memories, Silent in the Land, Common Threads, Crimson: The University of Alabama, and Tin Man. He has shown his work nationally and internationally, and his photographs are in many museums, as well as private and corporate collections.