By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy
What can we do when it feels like our human rights and personal safety are being stripped away? We are not usually political in this forum but the recent activism of our judicial branch and paralysis in our legislative branch threaten every aspect of our civil rights and civic life. Art has always addressed our deepest human concerns. It is no accident that we can find art confusing or disturbing, that it can challenge our assumptions and question our beliefs. Or, that it can soothe our frayed nerves and preserve a sense of dignity and sanity. We invite you to explore all that the agitating and splendid world of photographic imagery has to offer in this expanded summer issue. As always, we organize by geographical region for your planning convenience and will update our listings regularly through August. May you find inspiration and stay engaged.
BOSTON PROPER
“Teacher in the Classroom” from the exhibition Real Photo Postcards: Pictures from a Changing Nation, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – In 1903, Eastman Kodak Company introduced the “postcard camera” which allowed users to produce pictures both rapidly and inexpensively. This spurred an ongoing postcard craze and hastened the end of a Victorian photographic formality. Suddenly pictures of everything from train wrecks to silly antics were plentiful, inadvertently providing a chronicle of how America was growing and changing in the early 20th century. Featuring more than 300 works drawn from the MFA’s Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive.
LAST CHANCE! This exhibition will be on view through Monday, July 25th, 2022.
To read our review: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/real-photo-postcards-at-the-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/
For more information, go to: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/real-photo-postcards
From the exhibition Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black by Dawoud Bey, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Also at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black imagines the routes traveled by escaped enslaved people as they traveled nights through northeast Ohio seeking freedom. Bey’s low key, moody prints carry viewers through marshes, dark woods, and quiet back yards en route to Lake Erie. This ongoing installation is on view in the Frances Vrachos Gallery / Mary Stamas Gallery (Gallery 148).
For more information: https://www.mfa.org/gallery/dawoud-bey-night-coming-tenderly-black
Adam Fuss “Butterfly” (detail) from the series My Ghost, 2002. Daguerrotype. The Lane Collection, MFA Boston. ©Adam Fuss.
Also at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – The Stillness of Things: Photographs from the Lane Collection will present nearly 60 innovative photographs grouped thematically across two galleries. The special treat is that they are all departures from the traditional still life and span the entire history of photography. Featuring photographs from the 1840s by William Henry Fox Talbot to the work of contemporary artists such as Adam Fuss (above), David Hilliard, Kenro Izu, Abelardo Morell, and Olivia Parker, the exhibit will be on view from August 27th, 2022 through February 27th, 2023.
For more information, go to: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/the-stillness-of-things
“Iguazu Falls, Argentina” by Lois Conner, 2005, from the series Flat Earth, three 17″x7″ gelatin silver contact prints, courtesy of the artist and Robert Klein Gallery, Boston.
Robert Klein Gallery – A solo show of Lois Conner’s vintage gelatin silver landscapes and platinum prints, Flat Earth, is curated by Leandro Villaro (Penumbra Foundation) and features twenty-three multi-panel and seventeen individual prints. Dedicated to the school of slow looking, Conner’s images are at once sweeping and detailed, decontextualized and specific, sumptuous and serene. On view July 13th – August 28th, 2022, Wednesdays through Fridays from Noon- 5:00pm or by appointment.
To read our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/lois-conner-flat-earth-at-robert-klein-gallery-boston/
For more information, go to: https://www.robertkleingallery.com/
“Manda Yawanawá, from the village of Escondido” from the series Amazonia © Sebastiao Salgado, courtesy of Robert Klein Gallery, Boston.
Also at Robert Klein Gallery – The masterful Sebastiao Salgado turns his inimitable eye to the Amazon in his quest to bring environmental awareness to a region crucial to our survival. On view July 13th – August 28th, 2022, Wednesdays through Fridays from Noon- 5:00pm or by appointment.
For more information, go to: https://www.robertkleingallery.com/
“Double Take” from the series Fear and Folly by Susan Annable, courtesy of the artist and Griffin Museum of Photography.
The Griffin Museum at Lafayette City Center – Vantage Point: The View from Here brings together sixty photographers who explore points of view that consider both physical and emotional aspects of location. On view through September 12th, 2022 with a reception planned for August 14th, 4:00 – 6:00pm.
For more information about the exhibit and associated programming, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/show/vantage-point-the-view-from-here/
“Horseracing Binoculars” by Hannah Latham, courtesy of the artist and Panopticon Gallery, Boston.
Panopticon Gallery – The themed, group show Film Is Not Dead, curated by Alexa Cushing and Brandon Dunning from Panopticon Imaging, indulges us with the real deal – pleasingly sensual prints from film. On view though July 24th, 2022.
“Fishing Pole” by Suzanne Révy, 2012, from the series To Venerate the Simple Days, courtesy of the artist and Panopticon Gallery, Boston.
Also at Panopticon Gallery – Tender Age, a group show reflecting on the ephemeral years of childhood, is curated by Panopticon Imaging’s Alexa Cushing and features sixteen photographers: Sage Brousseau, Diana Cheren-Nygren, Jacob Church, Ashleigh Coleman, Christinia Fontsare, Jeff Hensen, Margaret Lampert, Catherine LeComte, Elizabeth Libert, Jill Nicole Luton, Abdoul Nasar, Faith Ninivaggi, Claudio Nolasco, Suzanne Révy, Renée Romero and Agnieszka Sosnowska. On view from July 27th through August 31st, 2022. A mid-exhibition reception is planned for August 18th, 2022 from 6:00 – 8:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.panopticongallery.com/
SOWA & FORT POINT
“A Variety of Colors Created with the Shadows of a Prism #4” 2019, (Color Separation with Three Black and White Paper Negatives)
Unique Cyanotype and Inkjet over Gelatin Silver Print from the series Sundial by Caleb Charland, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston.
Gallery Kayafas, SoWa – Photographer Caleb Charland is enthralled by the (mostly invisible) laws of physics and utilizes a variety of photographic processes to offer viewers the splendor of our physical world in imaginative ways only a camera can capture. For his solo show Sundial, he has essentially inverted the process of early color photography by creating “color separation,” revealing an entrancing kaleidoscope of photographic wonders.
“Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California” 2017, Gelatin Silver Print from the series Something To Live For by Michael Hintlian, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston.
Also on view, Ongoing Work curated Gus Kayafas features a selection of recent portfolios of beautifully tactile and sensuous gelatin silver B&W photographs by Michael Hintlian, Ross Kiah, Maxwell LaBelle, Michael Lafleur, Cheryle St. Onge, and Lee Wormald.
There is a reception TOMORROW, Friday, July 8th from 5:30 – 8:00pm. All exhibits will be on view through Saturday, July 23th, 2022.
To read our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/caleb-charland-michael-hintlian-ross-kiah-maxwell-labelle-michael-lafleur-cheryle-st-onge-and-lee-wormald-at-gallery-kayafas-boston/
For more information, go to: https://www.gallerykayafas.com/
“Martinique, January 1, 1972″ by André Kertész, 8″x 10” vintage gelatin silver print, courtesy of Abakus Projects, Boston.
Abakus Projects, SoWa – Vision Past features a scrumptious selection of 20th century works by Eugène Atget, E.J. Bellocq, Bill Brandt, Harry Callahan, Imogen Cunningham, Mario Giacomelli, André Kertész (above), Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, and Edward Weston. The gallery is open most Sundays throughout July & August, and by appointment. There will be a reception on First Friday, August 5th, 2022 from 6:00 – 8:30 pm.
For hours and information, go to: https://www.abakusprojects.com/gallery
“Everybody Had a Bad Year” cyanotype and ink photogram by Marie Craig, courtesy of the Fountain Street Gallery, Boston.
Fountain Street Gallery, SoWa – Photographer Marie Craig is featured in Melange, a two woman show of experimental hybrids. Craig works in cyanotype and ink to interpret both the natural and built worlds while Marley combines acrylic paint and cut paper to create environs rich with pattern and texture. On view through July 24th, 2022.
For more information, go to: https://www.fsfaboston.com/melange
“Blue On Blue” by McCormick Brubaker, courtesy of the artist and PRC, Boston.
Photographic Resource Center (PRC, Boston) at FPAC Gallery, Fort Point – Catherine Edelman, owner of the famed Chicago photography gallery is the juror for EXPOSURE 2022: the 26th Annual PRC Juried Members Exhibition, which features the limited portfolios of twelve selected artists: McCormick Brubaker, Bryan Florentin, April Friges, Fritz Goeckner, Judyta Grudzien, Pamela Hawkes, Joni Lohr, Julie Mihaly, Jason Reblando, David Sokosh, Sue Palmer Stone, Melanie Walker. The show will be exhibited at FPAC Gallery at 300 Summer Street in Boston’s Ft. Point neighborhood from August 4th – September 15th, 2022 with an Opening Reception on Saturday, August 6th, 2022 from 3:00 – 5:00pm.
For information about the show and associated programming, go to: https://www.prcboston.org/exposure-2022-the-26th-annual-prc-juried-members-exhibition/
For gallery hours, go to: https://www.fortpointarts.org/programs/galleries/gallery-at-300-summer/
CAMBRIDGE, ALLSTON, & SOMERVILLE
The Curated Fridge, Somerville – The idea that art can elevate any surface and enrich our daily lives has been borne out on The Curated Fridge for 7 years. On the occasion of their 30th show, curated by Aline Smithson, there will be a celebration on Saturday, August 6th, 2022 from 5:00 – 8:00pm. Come party with Founder Yorgos Efthymiadis, current and past curators, and Fridge exhibitors – we look forward to seeing you there!
For all the details, go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/342619991407835
“Ladybug Dybbuk” from the series With Rifts and Collapses by Hannah Altman, courtesy of the artist and Gallery 263, Cambridge.
Gallery 263, Cambridge – In her first-ever solo exhibition in New England, photographer Hannah Altman presents With Rifts and Collapses, featuring images that consider Jewish storytelling and image making. “Through photographs that explore Jewish narrative structures, iconography, and repetition, Altman’s images build rooted and incomplete worlds. To approach an image in this way is not only to ask what it looks like but asks, what does it remember like?” LAST CHANCE! On view through Saturday, July 9th, 2022.
For more information, go to: https://www.gallery263.com/exhibitions/withriftsandcollapses/
Anneliese Hager, German, Broken Beams, 1953. Gelatin silver print (photogram). Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the German Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2018.324. Estate of Anneliese Hager. Image courtesy of Harvard Art Museums; President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge – “White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph” showcases the photograms of an accomplished and influential surrealist artist. An inventive naturist and poet, Anneliese Hager (German, 1904-1997) created over one hundred photograms, many of which were lost to the bombing of Dresden in 1945. The Harvard Art Museums recently acquired 29 of these rare prints and places them into context with work by 19th century predecessors like Anna Atkins, famous for her cyanotypes of plants, as well Hager contemporaries, including Marta Hoepffner and László Moholy-Nagy. On view through July 31st, 2022.
To read our review: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/white-shadows-anneliese-hager-and-the-camera-less-photograph-at-harvard-art-museums-cambridge-ma/
For more information about the exhibit and associated programming, go to: https://harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/6120/white-shadows-anneliese-hager-and-the-camera-less-photograph
From Postcards from Allston by Edward Boches, courtesy of the artist.
Crossings Gallery, Allston – Created by the documentarian Edward Boches, Postcards From Allston features the rich visual texture of this diverse neighborhood and documents the many changes underway there. On view through September 9th, 2022.
For more information, go to:https://edportal.harvard.edu/postcards-allston
Through These Realities on view at Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA.
Arts at the Armory- Somerville- Through These Realities brings together six poets and six photographers of color in a visual and written dialog around social justice. Organized by Joshua Sariñana and supported by the Somerville Arts Council, six poems and forty-one photographs will be on view through the Closing Reception on July 22nd, 2022.
For more information: https://www.throughreality.com/exhibition
THE BURBS
Feature Image: “Bliss” ©Nancy Kaye from the 28th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, courtesy of the artist and Griffin Museum of Photography.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester – It’s that time of year again! The 28th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, selected this year by Frances Jakubek and Iaritza Menjivar (each a former Associate Director of the museum) features work by sixty photographers including award winners Liam Hayes, Anastasia Sierra, Seth Cook, Margaret Hart, Laila Nahar, Stefanie Timmerman and William Hamlin. Throughout the summer months, there will be special ONLINE programming highlighting the award winners (see link below).
For our review of this exhibit, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/28th-annual-juried-members-show-griffin-museum-of-photography/
From the exhibition Touchstones by Sal Taylor Kydd and Dawn Surratt, courtesy of the artists and the Griffin Museum of Photography.
From the solo exhibit Passing Through by Gail Samuelson, courtesy of the artist and the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Also at Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester – In the Griffin gallery, Touchstones is a collaboration between Sal Taylor Kydd and Dawn Surratt featuring their dialogs in monochromatic diptychs. There will be a book signing with the artists Thursday, July 7th from 6:00-8:00pm. In the Griffin Atelier Gallery, Gail Samuelson’s solo show Passing Through features diptych studies of interior and exterior spaces, exploring shapes, palette and light as it rotates through the day . There will be an Opening Reception with many of the artists on Sunday, July 10th, 2022 from 4:00 – 6:00pm. All shows are on view through September 4th, 2022.
For our review of these solo exhibits, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/passing-through-by-gail-samuelson-touchstones-by-dawn-surratt-and-sal-taylor-kydd-at-griffin-museum-of-photography-winchester-ma/
For information and related programming, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/griffin-museum-galleries/
“Collapsing Wave #2” from the series My Favorite Color – The Ocean by Law Hamilton, courtesy of the artist.
Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport and Rockport Art Association and Art Museum, Rockport – Law Hamilton’s solo exhibit My Favorite Color – The Ocean takes a deep dive into the formation and motion of waves, utilizing a variety of shutter speeds and angles to create captivating textures, patterns and abstractions. The exhibit will be on view in Newburyport through Sunday, August 7th, with an informal Meet the Artist Reception on that day from 2:00 – 4:00pm. A slight variation on the exhibit will be on view in Rockport from August 27th – September 15th, 2022, with a Reception on Sunday, August 29th, 2022 from 2:00 – 4:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://newburyportart.org/naa-events/2022-fa-law-hamilton
And: https://www.rockportartassn.org/calendar-of-events/2022/8/27/law-hamilton-solo-show
From the series Nemo’s Garden by Giacomo d’Orlando, courtesy of the artist, Social Documentary Network and the Umbrella Center for Arts, Concord, MA.
Umbrella Center for the Arts, Concord – Sustainable Solutions, an exhibit presented in collaboration with the Social Documentary Network, presents eight documentary photographers featured in the spring issue of Zeke Magazine, looking at long term solutions to the climate crisis. Curated by Glenn Ruga, the show features Giacomo d’Orlando, Sarah Fretwell, Carolyn Monastra, Roberto Nistri, Lauren Owens Lambert, Mark Phillips, Chris Trinh and Kiliii Yuyan. A reception and concert co-hosted with the Thoreau Society are planned for TOMORROW evening, Friday. July 8th, 2022 at 6:00pm. The exhibit will be on view through August 15th, 2022., with a Closing Reception on Thursday August 11th, 2022 from 6:30 – 8:30pm.
For more information, go to: https://theumbrellaarts.org/sustainable-solutions
CAPE COD
“Fixing Jody” by David Hilliard courtesy of the artist and the Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown – David Hilliard’s enticing and cinematic multiple panel images are featured in his solo show Time & Tide. Amy Arbus’s The Enchanted Forest features her expressive black and white studies of trees. Both exhibits will be on view through July 20th, 2022.
For more information: https://galleryschoolhouse.com
“The Hug” by Amy Arbus courtesy of the artist and the Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
“Peasant” May 1954 – Rifting through the 20th Century Fox prop closet one Sunday afternoon on the studio backlots, Milton and Marilyn photographed the Peasant Sitting. This series was created on the French Village set used for What Price Glory. The photo from the series shows Marilyn in makeup preparation with her long-time makeup artist Allan”Whitney” Snyder.
Photograph by Milton H. Greene, copyright 2018 Joshua Greene, The Archives LLC, courtesy of Gary Marotta Fine Art, Provincetown.
Gary Marotta Fine Art, Provincetown – Milton Greene (1922-1985) was a high-fashion photographer in the 1950’s and ’60’s but became equally celebrated for his portraits of celebrities. He had a particularly trusting relationship with Marilyn Monroe, whom he photographed in 52 sessions. A special selection of these photographs from his Estate will be on view through August 10th, 2022.
“Brotherly Love (Never Dies)” 2021, Unisphere, Queens, NYC from the series The Rights of Summer by Ruben Natal-San Miguel, courtesy of the artist and Gary Marotta Fine Art, Provincetown, MA.
Next at Gary Marotta Fine Art, Provincetown – In his solo show The Rites of Summer, Ruben Natal-San Miguel delves into the socioeconomics of location in a vibrant visual survey of how people experience and celebrate summer, observing, “Everybody’s summer looks different depending on where and how they live.” On view from August 11th, 2022 – September 21st, 2022, there will be Opening Receptions on August 11th, 12th & 13th, 2022 from 7:00 – 9:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://garymarottafineart.com/contact/
“Sarah” from Soul of the Outer Cape by Edward Boches, courtesy of the artist.
Brewster Ladies Library, Brewster – For a real taste of Cape Cod, take in Soul of the Outer Cape, documentary photographer Edward Boches’ engaging B&W portraits of “farmers and foragers, chefs and shellfishers, artists and artisans, and writers and musicians” in the towns of outer Cape Cod, on view throughout the month of July.
For more information, go to: https://www.brewsterladieslibrary.org/contact/
ROAD TRIP!
Rhode Island
The Leica Mystique at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI.
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts (RICPA), Providence – This open call for photographers employing the venerated cameras seeks to define their mystique. Juried by Eileen McCarney Muldoon and Olaf Willoughby, the exhibit includes regional, national and international photographers which emphasize the breadth of photographic practices employing Leica cameras. On view through July 15th, 2022
For more information: https://www.riphotocenter.org/the-leica-mystique/
“Soy o no Soy” from the series Cuban Overture: The Other Side of the Mirror by Daniel Martinez, courtesy of the artist and RICPA, Providence.
Coming to RICPA, Providence – Two exhibitions focusing on Cuba will share the gallery walls: Cuban Overture: the Other Side of the Mirror features the photographs of Daniel Martinez (above), a young Cuban-born photographer whose psychologically nuanced work has caught attention at MoMA and VOGUE. Cuba in Parallel pairs the work of American photographer Paul M. Murray and the work of Cuban photographer Adrián Juan Espinosa, presenting visions that underline our shared humanity. Both exhibitions are curated by Cuban author Juan Carlos Mejías and will be on view from August 18th – September 9th, 2022 with an Opening Reception on Thursday, August 18th, 2022 from 5:00 – 8:00pm.
For more information about Cuban Overture: the Other Side of the Mirror, go to: https://www.riphotocenter.org/update-from-the-director-august-2022/
For more information about Cuba In Parallel, go to: https://www.riphotocenter.org/cuba-in-parallel/
Vermont
From the exhibit Mark Shaw: Selections from the Archive, courtesy of the Vermont Center for Photography.
Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro – The late Mark Shaw (1921-1969), a notable advertising and fashion photographer made pictures of a young John F. Kennedy and his family for Life Magazine and continued to photograph the family while they lived in the White House. A selection of his work is on view through August 28th, 2022.
For more information go to: https://vcphoto.org
Maine
Cove Street Arts, Portland – The exquisite landscapes by Jim Nickelson in his solo show Annals of the Former World are a “testimony to the wonder of the natural world as we found it, and serves as my record of this world for my own daughter and future generations, both what we had and what we lost, an elegy for a world that will never be the same.” Curated by Bruce Brown, the exhibit will be on view from August 11th – September 24th, 2022, with an Opening Reception on Thursday, August 11th from 5:00 – 7:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.covestreetarts.com/exhibitions-1/jim-nickelson-annals-of-the-former-world
“Boatbuilders Geometry” by Brendan Bullock from the exhibit Constructed and Found, courtesy of the artist and the Maine Museum of Photography.
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland – Constructed and Found is a group show that emphasizes the process, materiality and concepts that motivate image making featuring four photographers whose abstract compositions create a dialog between monochrome and saturated color. The artists included in the show are Brendan Bullock, Luc Demers, Damir Porbic and John Woodruff. A reception is planned for July 7th, 2022 from 5:00 – 8:00pm. The exhibit will be on view through August 23rd, 2022.
For more information: https://www.mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org
“Untitled” c. 1959 by Ralph Eugene Meatyard, courtesy of the Colby College Museum of Art.
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville – Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection features 150 images from this important 2020 gift to the museum, including work by Ralph Eugene Meatyard (above) and a veritable hit parade of masters from the Modernists to Magnum. On view through August 14th, 2022.
For more information, go to: https://museum-exhibitions.colby.edu/exhibition/act-of-sight-the-tsiaras-family-photography-collection/?fbclid=IwAR3AGap3kMv4HSpMq27fH2cRzTLruwlXGqSwpiW3M2jeHPtXwejwJX319Es
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