Best Photo Picks October 2018!

There are notable shows all over the Boston Metro map this month!  Here are our Best Photo Picks for October 2018, listed geographically.

SOWA -Boston’s South End Gallery District 

Vicki McKenna’s platinum/palladium prints will be on view at Fountain Street Gallery in SoWa through October 28th, 2018.

Fountain Street Gallery –  At the Edge is a two-woman show including photographer Vicki McKenna, whose platinum/palladium photographs capture the tonal subtleties of transition zones in the natural landscape. Along with the paintings of Cheryl Clinton, the show will be on view through October 28th, 2018. There will be an Opening Reception on First Friday, October 5th, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00pm. For information, go to: http://www.fsfaboston.com/edge/

“Snowy Landscape, Moonlight, detail, 2018” by Nat Martin (courtesy of the artist and Kingston Gallery, Boston).

Kingston Gallery –  Nat Martin turns his penchant for transformation and reinvention to photography in New Landscapes in the gallery’s Project Space through October 28th, 2018.  There will be an Opening Reception on First Friday, October 5th, 2018 from 5:00 – 8:00pm. For information, go to: http://www.kingstongallery.com/exhibitions/2018/october-nat-martin-new-landscapes.php   

“Folded and Crushed (Lumen) 70, 2017” silver gelatin print by Amanda Means (courtesy of the artist and Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston).

Howard Yezerski Gallery – Last chance to see the new abstractions by Amanda Means in her solo show, Folded Refolded Crushed Cracked, on view through Tuesday, October 9th, 2018. The gallery will be open on First Friday! https://www.howardyezerski.com/exhibitions/

BOSTON PROPER

Trustman Gallery (at Simmons College) –  Vaughn Sills conjures both memory and poetry in True Poems Flee, her photographic memoir created on Prince Edward Island, on view through November 9th, 2018 (Feature Image).  There will be an Opening Reception on Thursday, October 18th from 5:00 – 7:00pm and an Artist Talk on Thursday, October 25th, 2018 at 6:00pm.  For information, go to:  http://www2.simmons.edu/trustman/?_ga=2.66254125.245146159.1538589215-1608753303.1538589215 

“Eclipse, 1997” Silver gelatin print by Sean Kernan (courtesy of the artist and Panopticon Gallery, Boston).

Panopticon Gallery (inside the Hotel Commonwealth, Kenmore Square) – Seven photographers express at least as many ways to love books in Bibliophile, on view through October 28th, 2018. For my review, go to: https://whatwillyouremember.com/bibliophile-group-photo-show-at-panopticon-gallery-boston/  For information, go to: https://www.panopticongallery.com/bibliophile/

Special Event!  Panopticon Gallery will be hosting a book signing party for Boston-based documentary photographer Paris Visone on Wednesday, October 17th from 7:00 – 9:00pm.  Visone’s debut book “For Real” (Peanut Press, 2018) presents her intimate portraits of famous musicians, as well as her own family, blurring the lines between private life, fame, and public persona. 

“Fisherman’s Castle, Irish Bayou, Louisiana, 2013” by Magda Biernat (courtesy of the artist and Robert Klein Gallery, Boston).

Robert Klein Gallery (38 Newbury Street) –  In a delightful selection of the fantastical to the mundane, American Structures features the work of eight photographers on view through October 28th, 2018. For my review, go to: https://whatwillyouremember.com/photo-shows-at-robert-klein-gallery-copley-society-of-art-gallery-naga-in-boston/  For information, go to: https://www.robertkleingallery.com/

THE BURBS

From the series Fragments by Greg Heins (courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston).

Brookline Public Library (Second Floor Gallery in Hunneman Hall, Brookline, MA) – In his solo show, Fragments, Boston-based photographer Greg Heins transforms what ordinarily goes unnoticed into captivating images where “the subject is the formal relationships within the finished print.”  A selection of his recent photographs will be on view at the Brookline Public Library through November 6th, 2018.  For directions, hours and information, go to: https://www.brooklinelibrary.org/events/ongoing-events/exhibits/

“Billy’s Accident” by Kristen Powell (courtesy of the artist and NESOP, Waltham, MA).

Garner Center at the New England School of Photography (NESOP, Waltham, MA) –  Part murder-mystery, part memoir, photographer Kristen Powell hunts down her paternal grandfather in Forged Recollections: Uncovering Marty, on view through October 26th, 2018. There will be an Opening Reception on Tuesday, October 16th from 6:00 – 7:30pm. For information, go to: https://www.nesop.edu/events/the-garner-center/forged-recollections-uncovering-marty/ 

Steve Dunwell’s photographs will be exhibited at the Charles River Museum of Industry in Waltham, MA through January 24th, 2019.

Charles River Museum of Industry (Waltham, MA) – Boston-based photographer Steve Dunwell exhibits his remarkable portraits of some of the last New England textile mill workers in the 1970’s in his solo show, With These Hands, on view through January 24th, 2019. For information, go to: http://www.stevedunwell.com/CRM-site-2.html 

Kenzi and Hootie, Anoka County Fair, Minnesota, 2016. From the project, “The Unchosen Ones” by R. J. Kern (courtesy of the artist and Griffin Museum of Photography).

Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA) – Three solo shows exploring animals and the different ways we relate to them open on October 18th, 2018: in the Main Gallery, R. J. Kern presents his award-winning The Unchosen Ones and Out To Pasture; in the Griffin Gallery, Kate Breakey, presents her richly embellished photograms in Las Sobras/The Shadows; in the Atelier Gallery, Traer Scott exhibits Natural History, her captivating juxtapositions of taxidermy dioramas and the reflections of the museum visitors who view them. On view through December 2nd, there will be an Opening Reception on Thursday, October 25th, 2018 from 7:00 – 8:30pm and on Friday, October 26th, 2018, RJ Kern will give an Artist Talk at 7:00pm. 

From the series Natural History by Traer Scott (courtesy of the artist and Griffin Museum of Photography).

The Griffin Museum has a lot of excellent programming this month, from the 2018 Arnold Newman Prize Exhibition (October 9th to 13th, with events on Thursday, October 11th) to the 2018 FOCUS Awards Symposium on Sunday, October 28th, 2018.  For more information, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/

Larry Fink, “First Communion, Bronx, NY, 1961”, from the series “Making Out 1957-1980,” silver gelatin print, 54/75, 15 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches, Gift of Stephen L. Singer and Linda G. Singer, © Larry Fink, courtesy of the deCordova Museum.

de Cordova Sculpture Park & Museum (Lincoln, MA) – Drawn from deCordova’s permanent collection, Larry Fink: Primal Empathy, focuses on the central role of empathy in Fink’s work. Whether photographing members of elite society or rural farmers, empathy fuels his curiosity about our shared humanity and shapes his decisions for lighting, framing, and positioning his subjects. Organized by Sarah Montross, Associate Curator, with Scout Hutchinson, Curatorial Assistant, the exhibit will be on view from October 19th, 2018 to March 10th, 2019. For information, go to: https://decordova.org/art/exhibition/larry-fink-primal-empathy

EVENTS

Boston Art Book Fair takes place over the weekend of October 12th-14th, 2018, at the Boston Cyclorama in the South End, featuring a ticketed Preview Party Friday night and Free panel discussions, workshops, book signings and more all day Saturday and Sunday!  For hours, directions, tickets and more information, go to: http://bostonartbookfair.com/

Feature Image: “Between the Light and Me, 2018” (Detail) by Vaughn Sills (courtesy of the artist).