By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy
We are at a loss for words. But pictures, pictures are still working for us. So we are bringing you our November Best Photo Picks, with not only provocative but also soothing and uplifting exhibits and events around Boston and New England. As always, we arrange listings geographically for your planning convenience. Remember we update regularly, so please feel free to check back throughout the month.
BOSTON PROPER

“View of the meadow, frosty dawn” by Barbara Bosworth, 2003, from the series The Meadow, courtesy of the artist and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, © Barbara Bosworth.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA, Boston) – During her long career, photographer and naturalist Barbara Bosworth has created a trilogy of seminal projects devoted to The Meadow, The Heavens, and The Sea. In The Meadow, Bosworth, her large-format camera, and writer friend Margot Anne Kelley chronicled a meadow in Carlisle, Massachusetts over 15 years at different times of day and in all seasons. In the large-scale photographs on exhibit, Bosworth’s incessant curiosity, detailed observations and sense of belonging to the environment invite viewers to share her visceral and spiritual connections. The Meadow will be on view in the museum’s Herb Ritts Gallery through December 1st, 2024.
To read our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/barbara-bosworth-the-meadow-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/
For more information, go to: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/barbara-bosworth-the-meadow

Mary Ellen Mark, Édouard Manet & Mickalene Thomas exhibits at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – This fall, 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
Robert Klein Gallery – In his solo show Ginko, 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/

Feature Image: “Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh” 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 from November 8th, 2024 – January 5th, 2025, there will be an Opening Reception with the artist on Friday, November 15th from 6:00 – 8:00pm and an Artist Talk on Saturday, November 16th from Noon – 2:00pm.
For more information: https://www.instagram.com/p/DB4I2LqSBTI/

“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.
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- Boston’s South End Arts District

“The Great Dismal Swamp National Park, North Carolina/Virginia Border” by Amani Willett, 2011 from the series Hiding in Place, courtesy of the artist and Abakus Projects.
Abakus Projects – Amani Willett’s solo exhibit Hiding In Place explores locations along the Underground Railroad where fugitives are thought to have taken refuge on their journeys. In his landscapes, Willett investigates “the way history, memory and mythology have been etched into Underground Railroad sites…places (that) have become disconnected from their past yet still carry the legacy of shameful societal atrocities and stories of remarkable personal courage.” On view through November 24th, 2024, there will be an informal Artist Talk on Sunday, November 17th at 2:00pm.
To read our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/hiding-in-place-photographs-by-amani-willett-at-abakus-projects-in-boston-ma/
For more information, go to: https://www.abakusprojects.com/
GREATER BOSTON – Cambridge, Somerville

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

Wendel A. White, Tabletop Voting Machine, 1955. Delaware Historical Society, Wilmington, Delaware, courtesy of the artist and Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
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

“Braids” 2023 by Fran Forman, courtesy of the artist and PRC.
Photographic Resource Center (PRC), Cambridge – In her solo exhibit Obscure Intentions, Fran Forman has broadened her creative toolbox of old and new photographs, scanned objects, paintings, and drawings to include AI. Extending her ability to create haunting narratives, her current incorporation of AI enhances her tendency to noir mysteries and, as the title suggests, intentionally provokes viewers to ponder the future of photographic practice. On view through December 1st, 2024.
To read our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/fran-forman-obscure-intentions-curated-by-jessica-burko-at-prc-cambridge-ma/
NOTE: there will be an online event with the artist on Thursday, November 14th, 2024 from 6:30 – 8:30pm.
For more information about the exhibit and associated programming, go to: https://www.prcboston.org/fran-forman-obscure-intentions/

“Soybean harvest, Fazenda Piratini, Bahia, Brazil” from the series and book Feed The Planet by George Steinmetz, courtesy of the artist and Bridge Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
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 November 16th – December 28th, 2024, there will be an Opening Reception and book signing with the artist on Saturday, November 16th from 5:00 – 8:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.bridge.photos/contact

The Curated Fridge Autumn 2024 Show
The Curated Fridge (TCF), Somerville – The Curated Fridge Autumn 2024 Show is curated by Kristen Gresh, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs at MFA Boston. Join her, host Yorgos Efthymiadis, artists and friends for viewing, banter and snacks at the Opening Party on Saturday, November 16th, 2024 from 3:00 – 5:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/884186407176355
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. Both shows are on view through December 8th, 2024, and a reception with the artists is planned for Saturday, November 16th, from 6 to 8pm.
NOTE: Join collector Frazier King and Griffin Director Crista Dix for a Panel Discussion on Saturday, November 16th from 2:30 – 4:00pm, ahead of the Opening Reception for the new slate of exhibits.
For more information and related programming go to: 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, there will be a Reception with the artist on Thursday, November 14th, from 5:30-7:30 pm.
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.
NOTE: An “Artist on Artist” talk between Helina Metaferia and Sheila Soleimani is planned for November 19th at 7:00pm.
For more information: https://www.brandeis.edu/rose/index.html

“Ecologies of Restoration No. 20” by DM Witman, 2023-2024, Archival pigment photograph from hand-cultured salt crystals, courtesy of the artist and Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA.

“Bench, Spencer Brook Reservation by Suzanne Révy, 2020, from the series A Murmur in the Trees, courtesy of the artist and the Danforth Museum of Art, 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. Opens with a reception on November 15th from 6 to 9pm and will be on view through December 17th, 2024.
For more information: https://artsworcester.org

“Soweto Express” by Oupa Nkosi, 2007, from the series Middle Class/Black Diamonds, 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/

“Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia” by Walter Iooss, 1966, Gift of Benjamin Janisko, 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: https://fitchburgartmuseum.org

“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, there wil be an Opening Reception with the artist on Friday, November 8th from 4 to 7pm.
For more information: https://bobkornimaging.com
ROAD TRIP!
Rhode Island

Snapshot America: A Portrait of these United States in 2024 at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Art.

“Purina Chows — Mount Victory, Ohio & North Market St – Kenton Ohio” by Robin Bailey, courtesy of the artist and RIPCA.
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Art, Providence – With the election at the top of the news, and taking a cue from Edward Steichen’s Family of Man, Robert Frank’s The Americans and Rick Smolan’s 24 Hours in Cyberspace, curator David DeMelim juried a collection of images to create Snapshot America: A Portrait of these United States in 2024. Also on view is Fading Glimpses of the Midwest by Robin Bailey, who explored towns that persisted despite economic pressures. Both shows are on view through November 15th, 2024.

Hannah Latham at Rhode Island Center for Photographic Art, Providence, RI
Also at 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. Opening on November 21st with a reception from 5 to 8pm and 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 on both shows: https://nbmaa.org

Photographs by Edward Keating, courtesy of the Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan.
Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan – Originally from New Canaan, Edward Keating was a staff photographer for the New York Times known for co-founding the popular “Vows” column and covering the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11. Edward Keating: A Fearless Legacy was organized by his family and covers forty years of work by the late photographer, who died from exposure to the chemicals released in the clean-up of the World Trade Center. On view through November 13th, 2024.
For more information: https://carriagebarn.org/photographs-edward-keating/
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. On view through November 30th, 2024. An artist talk is planned for Friday November 22nd.
For more information about the exhibit and related programming, go to: 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. An artist talk is planned for November 19th, 2024.
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