Don’t you love playing with toys, especially those that absorb your thoughts and let your imagination soar? Since 2013, that has been the idea behind the Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF), champions of serendipitous imagery created using low-fidelity toy cameras such as the quirky plastic Holga....
September is a spectacular time to enjoy all that autumn in New England has to offer, including a myriad of photographic exhibitions in and around the region. Our listings are organized geographically for your planning convenience, and we update them throughout the month, so be sure to check back for the latest...
Back in the 1970’s, the Los Angeles sun was suffused with smog. But at the beaches, the hazy marine layer would burn off over the course of the day, freshening the air to admit a crisp, blazing light. As a formerly sun-kissed denizen of Los Angeles, I spent my weekends at the ocean, playing beach volleyball,...
Artists stand on the shoulders of their mentors, a springboard to their own creative evolution. When Bell Pitkin, gallery manager at Leica Boston wanted to mount an intergenerational show centered around Boston, it was a natural choice to pay tribute to Constantine Manos, the Leica camera champion and Magnum...
At long last, summer! These are our glory days in New England, the season when everyone flocks to the region, from our sparkling coastline, Cape Cod & Islands to the pristine Berkshire, White and Green mountains. Not to mention lively festivals sprinkled from city to countryside. Whether a resident or visitor,...
Wow!! Ann Jastrab, Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, California assembled a fantastic show for the 31st Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition now at the Griffin Museum of Photography. It is a poignant, creative and cohesive exhibition. The museum also presents two solo shows:...
Have you been gripped by the influx of South Korean pop culture? I have, and I am not alone. No fewer than three Boston-area museums have mounted exhibits devoted to the phenomenon that feels very much like the “British Invasion” of music and fashion that hit US shores in the 1960’s. Recently,...
If you’re in NYC anytime soon, there are some photography exhibits we’d like to recommend. Shows that calm our jitters with reassuring historical references. Exhibits that offer spirit-lifting perspectives. Series that are very clever, probing, and sometimes amusing at the same time. Here’s our admittedly...
June is erupting in natural beauty and many area photographic exhibits have followed suit. This month, we feature a full range of environmental expressions - both natural and socioeconomic - throughout metro Boston and New England. As always, we list exhibits and events by locality, for your planning...
Feeling blue? Along a passageway deep in Boston’s Lafayette City Center, you can immerse yourself in the serene blue hues of innovative contemporary cyanotypes and liberate yourself from the shifting tides of current events. Six artists explore elements from the natural world utilizing classic and inventive...
