One of my favorite events of the season has arrived: The Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in three galleries across the city through October 7th, 2023!  Harvesting this year's imaginative range of lo-fi photography is juror Ann Jastrab, Executive Director at the Center...

After a summer of renovations, the Griffin Museum re-opens with "Ceding Ground," a striking exhibition of large-scale prints depicting vast yet fragile landscapes. The exhibition features work by Bremner Benedict, Amber Crabbe, Jason Lindsey, Simon Norfolk and Camille Seaman. The masterful installation...

You may be familiar with documentary photographer Berenice Abbott’s (1898-1991) most renowned work “Changing New York” (1939), but what does she have to do with the city of Boston? And who is Irene Shwachman (1915-1988) and what does she have to do with the Boston skyline or Berenice Abbott? "Developing...

Start up the band. September is kicking off with a full slate of exciting photography exhibits and events around Boston and beyond. As always, we have arranged our recommendations geographically for your planning convenience and invite you to check back throughout the month for new exhibit openings and associated...

Enter an oasis of subdued ambience and palette at the Photographic Resource Center’s "EXPOSURE 2023" exhibition, a medley of ten photographic portfolios selected by juror Shana Lopes, Assistant Curator of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Despite being an un-themed competition,...

I hit the photography jackpot last week on a day trip to Portland and Brunswick, Maine! We are excited to present three reviews over three days this week: My first stop was “Drawn to Light” at the Portland Museum of Art, a survey of the educators who have taught at the Maine Media Workshops and College...

I hit the photography jackpot last week on a day trip to Portland and Brunswick, Maine! We are excited to present three reviews over three days this week: Yesterday, I reviewed “Drawn to Light” at the Portland Museum of Art, a survey of the educators who have taught at the Maine Media Workshops...

I hit the photography jackpot last week on a day trip to Portland and Brunswick, Maine! We are excited to present three reviews over three days this week: My first stop was “Drawn to Light” at the Portland Museum of Art, a survey of the educators who have taught at the Maine Media Workshops and College...

"Let me tell you what I wish I'd known When I was young and dreamed of glory You have no control Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?" ~Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda from the musical “Hamilton” Who tells your story? Our families write our origin stories, instilling an avalanche of values...

The art of Holland celebrates abundance, from luminous landscapes to lush portraits bathed in northern light depicting gentlemen with wide brimmed hats and ladies adorned in silks and brocades. These sublime paintings and drawings were the product of a culture that flourished politically and economically...