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As a photographer, Barham became personally acquainted with numerous celebrities, including [[Bob Hope]], [[John Wayne]], and [[Elvis Presley]], all of whom admired his work. When Wayne came to Natchitoches in 1959 to film ''The Horse Soldiers,'' he called upon Barham to take the publicity shots for the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] picture.<ref name=jackb/>
As a photographer, Barham became personally acquainted with numerous celebrities, including [[Bob Hope]], [[John Wayne]], and [[Elvis Presley]], all of whom admired his work. When Wayne came to Natchitoches in 1959 to film ''The Horse Soldiers,'' he called upon Barham to take the publicity shots for the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] picture.<ref name=jackb/>
While at ''The Shreveport Journal'' Barham was a local competitor of another award-winning photographer, [[Henry Langston McEachern]] of ''The Shreveport Times''.
Barham's work has been published by the AP and in ''[[National Geographic]]'' and ''The World Book'' encyclopedia. His prints have been recognized by the Louisiana state government, the AP Managing Editors Association, and the Shreveport Historic Preservation Society. He has donated thirty thousand of his photographs to the Noel Memorial Library at Louisiana State University in Shreveport so that the prints will be readily available for generations to come.<ref name=jackb/>
Barham's work has been published by the AP and in ''[[National Geographic]]'' and ''The World Book'' encyclopedia. His prints have been recognized by the Louisiana state government, the AP Managing Editors Association, and the Shreveport Historic Preservation Society. He has donated thirty thousand of his photographs to the Noel Memorial Library at Louisiana State University in Shreveport so that the prints will be readily available for generations to come.<ref name=jackb/>