Just as every culture has a creation myth, each of our families creates its own mythology that changes over time. As we come of age, we gain stewardship of our family histories, adding our own spin and passing it onto to the next generation. Women primarily have been the keepers of family history, shaping the...
How large is the gulf between who you are and who others presume you are? Photographer Nicole Buchanan goes a long way to bridging that gap in her lustrous, elegant series “In the Skin I’m In”, which addresses the regrettable human impulse to cast racial stereotypes. Her solo exhibit at Gallery...
Photographer Karl Baden has employed a selection of his photographs to create a unique contemporary tribute to two iconic 20th century photographers in his new book, The Americans by Car. No guideposts are necessary to enjoy the serendipitous moments he expertly nabs, but if you share Baden’s love...
With all the talk of “political revolution” being bandied about in this most remarkable of American election years, it is particularly interesting to be reminded of what an actual revolution looks like. Fifty years ago in 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong orchestrated the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a sea-change...
It can take steel nerves to look at photographs of horrifying things. But sometimes, it’s important to see them. The very best photographers get this and offer the viewer a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. From different historical periods and with divergent viewpoints and processes,...
Tomorrow is the First Friday in June and there are so many photography shows of note in and out of Boston – opening, ongoing, or closing – that I thought a round-up was in order. I hope this is helpful in sorting through what is most exciting to you, as you pick and choose from Boston’s...
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ― Theodore Roosevelt On Memorial Day 2016, the United States continues to send soldiers into harm’s way on many fronts. It seems like a cruel irony to fight for a more peaceful world, but it is no less of an honor...
The nude has been a muse to artists as long as there has been art. Another venerable idea – presenting multiple views of the same nude model – dangles the enticing promise of getting a glimpse into the creative process. Master photographer and workshop instructor Karin Rosenthal has created...
If the main point of art is to see the world in new ways, Lines of Sight, the group show curated by Boston photographer Alicia Savage for the Flash Forward Festival, qualifies as proof-of-theory. An inspiring installation featuring groupings of work by seven emerging photographers, the exhibit at Midway...
The 20th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition is an exclamation point to several anniversaries for the Boston institution and they have done themselves proud in this latest iteration of their national competition for emerging photographers. For starters, to honor their collective milestones, the Photographic...
