By Elin Spring & Suzanne Révy To ring in the New Year, we bring you a host of photography shows and events worth braving these dark winter days to visit! Just as immigration seemed to be a prevailing theme last fall, the winter months have provoked a plethora of exhibits considering a sense of home...
Why in the world are we here Surely not to live in pain and fear Why on earth are you there When you’re ev’rywhere Come and get your share Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun ~Instant Karma (We All Shine On) by John Lennon By Elin […]
By Elin Spring Momentous advances have always been driven by the engine of technology, whether in the sciences or in the arts. Look at the way the digital revolution has made photography both instantaneous and malleable, changing not only the way we make images but how we think about truth. When Edwin...
By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy December is filled with celebrations – a collective, valiant blitz against the inhospitable darkness and frigid weather. What better way to keep your inner flame alight than to mount your own “search and rescue” mission in the museums and galleries of New England?...
By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy Here we are again, at the close of another year. Time to reflect on past events, prepare for the holidays and wrack our brains for wonderful gifts. In our humble opinion, great photo books make terrific presents! We’ve reviewed the offerings for 2019, many of which...
I wish I was Homeward bound Home where my thought’s escaping Home where my music’s playing Home where my love lies waiting Silently for me ~ From Homeward Bound by Simon & Garfunkel A group photography exhibition at Boston’s Panopticon Gallery guest curated by Suzanne Révy...
“News is the first rough draft of history” ~Alan Barth (1906-1979) By Suzanne Révy Photography is a powerful but flawed witness. News pictures lack the context of what happened outside the frame or events leading up to and following the moment the shutter was released. How a photograph is published...
By Suzanne Révy One of photography’s great strengths as a medium is its capacity for description and documentation; in fact, many early twentieth century photographs served as scientific documents of the natural world. The work of Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) may have inspired art photographers of the early...
Growing old and dying are subjects most of us regard with variable levels of dread, when we are forced to think about them at all. But one of the best things about art is the way it helps us confront even the most vexing issues. The Griffin Museum of Photography is exhibiting the work of […]
By Elin Spring Time was, our public and private lives were distinctly separate. Nowadays, not so much. Social media blatantly begs the notion of privacy, promoting a torrent of virtual friends and sometimes startling personal posts. Surrounded by surveillance and the ubiquitous snapping of smart phone...
