By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy
Photography can be resplendent in the ways it preserves time, memory and, of course, light. In these dark days, we invite you to seek illumination among the rich offerings of photographic exhibits and events around metro Boston and New England. As always, we list our selections geographically for your planning convenience and encourage you to check back throughout the month for updates and additions. We wish each of you a joyful and peaceful holiday season.
BOSTON PROPER

Spread from “Mary’s Book” 1949 by Robert Frank, courtesy of MFA, Boston.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA, Boston) – Renowned photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank was born 100 years ago. To celebrate, the museum is exhibiting Robert Frank: Mary’s Book, featuring seventy-four photographs and inscriptions he created in 1949 as part of a gift scrapbook to the woman who would become his first wife, Mary Lockspeiser. These original spreads from the MFA’s collection are accompanied by photographs Frank took in Paris, on loan from the artist’s foundation. On view from December 21st, 2024 – June 22nd, 2025.
For more information, go to: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/robert-frank-marys-book

Mary Ellen Mark, Édouard Manet & Mickalene Thomas exhibits at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – The museum is focusing on family with late photographer Mary Ellen Mark’s A Seattle Family 1983-2014, Mickalene Thomas’ outdoor installation photograph of her mother “Sandra, She’s A Beauty” and painter Édouard Manet: A Model Family, on view through January 20th, 2025, except for the Thomas mural, which will be on view through February 17th, 2025.
For more information, go to: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/fall-2024-exhibition-season

“Arnold Arboretum No. 9” 2024, from the series Ginkgo by Nicholas Nixon, courtesy of the artist and Robert Klein Gallery, Boston.
Robert Klein Gallery – In his solo show Ginkgo, Nicholas Nixon turns his lens toward the natural world, focusing on the quiet, majestic and almost healing presence of trees. Inspired by Peter Wohlleben’s book ‘The Hidden Lives of Trees,” Nixon began to “have a mystical feeling about them, that they are ancient observers which possess the ease and grace that we strive for in our lives.” On view through December 21st, 2024.
For more information, go to: https://www.robertkleingallery.com/exhibitions/84-nicholas-nixon-ginkgo/overview/

“A couple poses at the beach, February 2, 2022” from the series Sea Beach by Ismail Ferdous, courtesy of the artist and Leica Gallery, Boston.
Leica Gallery Boston – Bangladeshi-born, New York-based photographer Ismail Ferdous’s solo exhibit Sea Beach chronicles visitors to Bangladesh’s “most exciting vacation destination,” Cox’s Bazar on the Bay of Bengal. His sun-bleached images capture the spirit of hopes and dreams in a place that is at once a pilgrimage and a cultural melting pot. On view through January 5th, 2025.
For more information: https://leicagalleryboston.com/

“Shosai 1 (Detail 1)” by Sara Silks, courtesy of the artist and Panopticon Gallery, Boston.
Panopticon Gallery – The group show PROCESS celebrates the craft of photographic creation, featuring the work of Sara Silks (above), David Hiley, Lisa Tang Liu & J. David Tabor, Fruma Markowitz, John Savoia, and Amisha Thakkar. On view December 6th, 2024 – February 6th, 2025, there will be an Opening Reception with several of the artists on Thursday, December 12th from 6:00 – 8:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.panopticongallery.com/process

“Japanese Stewartia and Leaves” from the series Intimate Vistas by Marc Goldring, courtesy of the artist.
Hunneman Gallery at The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University – In his solo exhibit, Intimate Vistas: Images of Tree Bark, Marc Goldring invites us to take a new view of the forms, colors and textures of both exotic and commonplace tree bark in the Arnold Arboretum’s collection. On view through February 25th, 2025.
NOTE: There will be Receptions with the artist on Saturday, December 14th, 2024 and on Sunday, January 5th, 2025, both from 1:00 – 3:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events-2/current-and-past-art-shows/

TEND at the Atlantic Wharf Gallery at Fort Point Arts, Boston.
Atlantic Wharf Gallery at Fort Point Arts – Curated by Catherine LeComte Lecce, TEND brings together a dynamic selection of artists exploring the intricacies of caregiving and familial relationships through a diverse range of mediums including photography by Lisa Tang Liu, Brittany Marcoux (photo), Laurel Nakadate and Toni Pepe. On view through December 29th, 2024.
For more information: https://www.fortpointarts.org
SOWA – South End Arts District

“Black Dune” 2022 from the series The Chisel & The Pencil by Yael Eban and Matthew Gamber, courtesy of the artists and Abakus Projects, Boston.
Abakus Projects – The Chisel & The Pencil features Yael Eban and Matthew Gamber’s collaborative practice investigating the role of photography in material culture. On view from December 6th, 2024 – January 26th, 2025, there will be an Opening Reception with the artists on Friday, December 6th from 6:00 – 8:30pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.abakusprojects.com/
GREATER BOSTON – Cambridge

Katharina Sieverding, Deutschland wird deutscher XLI/92, 1992. Pigment transfer on metal in a steel frame. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the German Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum in honor of Markus Michalke, 2024.1. © Katharina Sieverding.
Harvard Art Museums (HAM), Cambridge – In a deep dive into factors contributing to a sense of national identity, HAM presents Made In Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation. Exhibition curator Lynette Roth has created an examination of the complexities of modern German identity, featuring mixed media artwork from 1980 to the present by artists of diverse backgrounds and different generations. The majority of the show is comprised of photographs, photo collages and videos exploring such influences as labor migration following World War II, the unification of East and West Germany in 1990, and the influx of asylum seekers to the country since 2015. Made in Germany? asks, rather than offers ready answers to, the question of who or what represents Germany today. On view through January 5th, 2025.
For our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/made-in-germany-art-and-identity-in-a-global-nation-at-harvard-art-museums-cambridge-ma/
For information about the exhibit and extensive associated programming, go to: https://harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/6286/made-in-germany-art-and-identity-in-a-global-nation

Baby Dolls, Kenneth and Mamie Clark, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Kate Clark Harris in memory of her parents Kenneth and Mamie Clark, in cooperation with the Northside Center for Child Development, Washington, D.C.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge – In his award-winning project, Manifest: Thirteen Colonies, Wendel A. White selected and photographed objects with charged historic and spiritual impact on African Americans. Black and white baby dolls from a famed social science experiment, a midcentury voting machine, a lock of Frederick Douglass’ hair all gain resonance in White’s spare, naturally-lit images. As the 2021 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography at the museum, White’s exhibition is accompanied by a book published by the museum in conjunction with Radius Books. On view through Sunday, April 13th, 2025.
To read our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/wendel-white-exhibit-manifest-thirteen-colonies-at-harvard-peabody-museum-of-archaeology-and-ethnology-in-cambridge-ma/
For more information, go to: https://peabody.harvard.edu/news/wendel-white-photo-exhibition-manifest-thirteen-colonies-open-harvard%E2%80%99s-peabody-museum

“Sorting Chilies, Guntur, Andra Pradesh, India” from the series Feed the Planet by George Steinmetz, courtesy of the artist and Bridge Gallery, Cambridge.
Bridge Gallery, Cambridge – Renowned for his stunning low-altitude aerial photography, George Steinmetz’s latest project focuses on the issues surrounding worldwide food production in Feed The Planet, his solo exhibition and newly published book. On view from through December 28th, 2024.
For more information, go to: https://www.bridge.photos/shows
THE BURBS – Route 128 to Worcester

The Collectors Eye, collection of Frazier King at the Griffin Museum of Photography.

Jo Sandman: A Life in Art at the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester – Two new shows! The first is Collectors Eye, a delve into the collection amassed by FotoFest regular Frazier King, and the second is Jo Sandman: A Life in Art, a retrospective look at the artist who has employed both antique and medical imaging techniques over her long career. LAST CHANCE! Both shows are on view through December 8th, 2024.

From the series Homeshadows by Bridget Jourgenson, courtesy of the artist and the Griffin Museum of Photography.

Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Portraiture winner Camille Farrah Lenain, courtesy of the artist and the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Opening later this month, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester brings Bridget Jourgenson’s study of solitude in Homeshadows and the Arnold Newman Prize winner for 2024 Camille Farrah Lenain’s Made of Smokeless Fire. Opening alongside an unjuried member’s show called “Solstice” with a reception on December 13th from 6 to 8pm and on view through January 12th, 2025.
For more information: https://griffinmuseum.org
Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington – Neal Rantoul’s solo exhibit American Photographs features landscape photographs made throughout the United States across several decades. On view through December 20th, 2024.
For more information, go to: http://www.munroecenter.org/

Face to Face: Portraits of Self and Others, installation photograph courtesy of the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA.
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham – Face to Face: Portraits of Self and Others draws from the museum’s permanent collection to highlight the versatility of photographic portraiture since the 19th century. The exhibit includes Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Charles H. Currier, Nona Faustine, Gilbert & George, Laura Gilpin, Allen Ginsberg, Myra Greene, Lyle Ashton Harris, Mona Hatoum, Barkley L. Hendricks, Lewis W. Hine, Sam Jury, Susan Kaprov, Judy Glickman Lauder, Danny Lyon, Helina Metaferia, Zanele Muholi, Helmut Newton, Lorraine O’Grady, Catherine Opie, Man Ray, Arthur Rothstein, Sage Sohier, Sheida Soleimani, Hồng-Ân Trương, Weegee, and Yocheved Weinfeld. On view through December 29th, 2024.
For more information: https://www.brandeis.edu/rose/index.html

Feature Image: “First Snow, Hartwell Pond” by Suzanne Révy, 2021, from the series A Murmur in the Trees, courtesy of the artist and Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA.

“Ecologies of Restoration No. 13” (Detail) by DM Witman, 2023-2024, Archival pigment photograph from hand-cultured salt crystals, courtesy of the artist and Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA.

“Mommy, what is this?” 2018, from the series My Dear Americans by Ileana Doble Hernandez, courtesy of the artist and Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA.
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham – The museum is featuring three photography-based artists: Ileana Doble Hernandez looks at issues around gun violence in Dear Americans, It’s Not Enough; DM Witman invokes healing and resiliency through an environmental lens in Ecologies of Restoration and our very own Suzanne Révy imparts a cadence of the seasons in her multi-panel series A Murmur in the Trees. All are on view through January 26th, 2025.
To read our review: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/suzanne-revy-a-murmur-in-the-trees-and-dm-witman-ecologies-of-restoration-at-danforth-art-museum-framingham-ma/
For more information: https://danforth.framingham.edu
CENTRAL & WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

From the exhibition An Entanglement of Space and Time by Ricardo Barros, courtesy of the artist and ArtsWorcester.
ArtsWorcester, Worcester – Ricardo Barros compresses time and space in digitally stitched panoramas in An Entanglement of Space and Time. These composite images disrupt notions of photographic timing and spatial relationships by flattening a 360 degree view. On view through December 17th, 2024.
For more information: https://artsworcester.org

From the series Ways of My Ancestors – We are Still Here by Scott Strong Hawk Foster, courtesy of the artist and the Worcester Art Museum.
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester – Scott Strong Hawk Foster is a Native American photographer whose Hassanamisco Nipmuc, Mohegan, and Cherokee heritage inspire the exhibition Ways of My Ancestors- We are Still Here. Installed as part of the Central Massachusetts Artist Initiative, the show features seven portraits of prominently Nipmuc people who are indigenous to Central Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island. On view through May 11th, 2025.
For more information: https://www.worcesterart.org/exhibitions/cmai/scott-strong-hawk-foster/

“Are My Dreams too Bold for the Carbon Skin I Bear” by Wilfred Ukpong, 2011-2017, from the series Blazing Century 1: Niger Delta/Future Cosmos, Sinon Collection Fund, courtesy of the artist and the Fitchburg Art Museum.
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg – In an ongoing celebration of their expanding photography collection that now includes a large selection of pictures made by African photographers, the museum has installed Africa Rising: 21st Century African Photography. It includes photographs by Oupa Nkosi (above), Zanele Muholi, Lalla Essaydi, and Wilfred Ukpong among others. Work on view grapples with themes such as environmental exploitation, the aftermath of colonialism, women’s empowerment and Afro-Futurism. On view through February 23rd, 2025.
To read our review: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/africa-rising-contemporary-photographs-at-the-firtchburg-art-museum-fitchburg-ma/
For more information, go to: https://fitchburgartmuseum.org/

“Jackie Joyner-Kersee” by Walter Iooss, 1991, Gift of Andrew King, courtesy of the artist and the Fitchburg Art Museum.
Also at Fitchburg Art Museum – With the world’s attention on Olympics this past summer, it is fitting to see the legendary sports photographer Walter Iooss’ dynamic pictures collected and showcased in a museum setting. Iooss boasts over 300 Sports Illustrated covers from his sixty year career covering a broad range of major sporting events. He employed a cinematic eye with a well developed sense of timing and visual spectacle during his storied career. GOAT: The Sports Photography of Walter Iooss will be on view through January 5th, 2025.
To read our review: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/g-o-a-t-the-sports-photography-of-walter-iooss-at-fitchburg-art-museum-ma/
For more information, go to: https://fitchburgartmuseum.org/

Abelardo Morell: In the Company of Monet and Constable, courtesy of The Clark.
The Clark, Williamstown – Photographer Abelardo Morell is known for his Camera Obscura pictures that he has made in recent years with a tent camera that projects images onto the ground. He is also inspired by 19th century landscape painting and has wandered in the footsteps of artistic luminaries such as Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet in France and John Constable in England. Abeleardo Morell: In the Company of Monet and Constable features work that opens a dialog between the photographer and the Clark’s strong collection of both these 19th century painters. On view through February 17th, 2025.

“Spode Wildcat Prowl with Rosemary Pomegranate” by JP Terlizzi, courtesy of the artist and Sohn Fine Art. Lenox, MA
Sohn Fine Art, Lenox – Creatures of Curiosity features the enchanting work of Jeff Robb, JP Terlizzi (photo) and Hans Withoos. On view through January 13th, 2025.
For more information, go to: https://www.sohnfineart.com/
THE CAPE & ISLANDS

Inspired by Place by Edward Boches at Bob Korn Imaging, Workspace Gallery, Eastham, MA.
Workspace Gallery at Bob Korn Imaging, Eastham – Inspired by Place brings together three documentary projects by Edward Boches: Women from Wellfleet, which examines the lives of foragers and shell fisherwomen who live by the tides; Postcards from Allston, a look at the gentrification of a once gritty Boston neighborhood; and Somewhere along the Curve which recalls the empty streets of Boston during the height of the Covid pandemic. On view through through early 2025.
NOTE: The gallery will be hosting an Artist Talk with Edward Boches on Saturday, December 7th at 3:30pm.
For more information: https://bobkornimaging.com
ROAD TRIP!
Rhode Island

Hannah Latham at Rhode Island Center for Photographic Art, Providence, RI
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Art, Providence – Bring me a Dream: Echos of Absence by Hannah Latham looks at family from a multi-generational perspective raising questions around loss and memory. On view through December 13th, 2024.
For more information: https://www.riphotocenter.org
Connecticut

Folded Cyantoype by Fritz Horstman, courtesy of the artist and the New Britain Museum of American Art.
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain – In his solo show Valleys & Blue Light, Fritz Horstman experiments with cyanotype and folded paper to create sculptures inspired by the glaciers of Svalbard, ranging in size from a few inches to six feet. On view through March 30th, 2025.

“Double Mona Lisa” by Vic Muniz, from the exhibition Extra-Ordinary, courtesy of the artist and the New Britain Museum of American Art.
Also at the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain – Using unconventional materials such as peanut butter and jelly, Brazilian born artist Vic Muniz builds tableaux before photographing them in Extra-Ordinary on view through February 23rd, 2025.
For more information about both exhibits: https://nbmaa.org
New Hampshire

“Celebrations after the last prayers of Ramadan” by Gerald Annan Forson, 1980, Accra Ghana, courtesy of the artist and the Hood Museum.
Hood Museum, Hanover – Off Beat: Portraiture and Politics in the Photography of Gerald Annan Forson brings the tumultuous events of late 20th century Ghana into focus. Annan Forson’s interest in both grand spectacle and quiet, intimate moments brings his work into dialog with important forebears such as Felicia Abbas and Malick Sidibé. On view through winter of 2025.
For more information: https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/explore/exhibitions/beat
Maine

“Pyrocene 1 #14” by Jim Nickelson, courtesy of the artist and the Maine Museum of Photography.
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland – The laws of thermodynamics and the nature of physics inspired Energy In Flux, featuring abstract studies by Todd Watts, Susan Newbold, Sarah Hood Salomon, Luc Demers, Jim Nickelson (photo), Caroline Savage, Elizabeth Greenberg, John Woodruff, Claire Seidl, Brenton Hamilton, Paul Rider, Bernie Meyers and guest presenters Meg Weston, Gary Green and Kevin Leduc. LAST CHANCE! On view through December 7th.
For more information about the exhibit and related programming, go to: https://www.mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org/

“Sven and Nicole” by Barbara Peacock from the series American Bedroom, courtesy of the artist and the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland, ME.
Opening later this month at Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland is Barbara Peacock’s epic project American Bedroom. These portraits made around the country are an eye-opening look at our most intimate spaces and private worlds. Opens with a reception December 13th from 5 to 8pm and will be on view through January 31st, 2025 with artist talks and book signing planned for January 10th, 2025.
For more information: https://www.mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org
Vermont

“Island” by Susan Mikula, courtesy of the artist and the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT.
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro – Curated by Charlie Hunter, Susan Mikula: Island presents the artist’s vision through old Polaroid cameras and expired instant film to the bedrock landscape on the Connecticut River where it makes a hard turn to the east at Bellows Falls. Her landscapes include the ghosts of industrial buildings, resulting in atmospheric and mysterious compositions. On view through February 9th 2025.
For more information: https://www.brattleboromuseum.org/2024/06/21/susan-mikula-island/

From the series Nuclear Survival Kit by Dona Ann McAdams, 1978-1985, courtesy of the artist and the Vermont Center for Photography.
Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro – Dona Ann McAdams has taught photography in underserved communities with the goal of bringing visual story telling to all. During her decades-long career, she photographed inflection points in our history such as culture wars, the Queer liberation movement and the underground performance art scene of the 1980s and 90’s. This exhibition coincides with her new book, Black Box: A Photo Memoir published by Saint Lucy Press. On view through December 29th, 2024. A book launch and artist talk is planned for Saturday, December 14th from 5 to 6:30pm.
For more information: https://vcphoto.org