We lost a unique person and photographer this week. Marie Cosindas leaves us at age 93. We thought she would live forever. The New York Times writes on her life.
Griffin News
23rd Juried Exhibition
Griffin Museum of Photography
23rd Annual Juried Show
Ed Friedman Legacy Exhibition
Juror: Hamidah Glasgow
Exhibition dates: July 6 – September 1, 2017
Reception July 13, 2017 (with juror)
67 Shore Road, Winchester MA 01890
Selected Artists (55 photographers/57 photographs): Anne-Laure Autin, Zeren Badar, Hannah Bates, Clare Benson, Richard Boutwell, Alexandra Broches, Robert Calafiore, Lauren Ceike, Rebecca Clark, Lisa Cohen, Virgil DiBiase, Kev Filmore, Randi Freundlich, Preston Gannaway, Randi Ganulin, Amy Giese, Leonard Greco, Joe Greene, Frank Hamrick, Robert Johnson, Gregory Jundanian, Brian Kaplan, David Kelly, Richard Kent, Barbara Kyne, Emily Hamilton Laux, Susan Lirakis, Joshua Littlefield, Ward Long, Joyce P. Lopez, Molly McCall, Alyssa Minahan, Astrid Reischwitz, Suzanne Revy, Amy Rindskopf, Michelle Rogers Pritzl, Charles Rozier, Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson, Joshua Sarinana, Michael Seif, Wendy Seller, Karen Sparacio, Tema Stauffer, John Steck Jr., Robert Sulkin, Jane Szabo, Jerry Takigawa, Sal Taylor Kydd, David Underwood, Claire A. Warden, David Weinberg, Nina Weinberg Doran, Stuart Zaro, Ryan Zoghlin, Mary Zompetti.
AWARDS: $2,500 Ed Friedman Award- Claire A. Warden, $1,000 Arthur Griffin Legacy Award- Charles Rozier, $500 Griffin Award- Hannah Bates, and Honorable Mentions: Randi Ganulin, Molly McCall, Alyssa Minehan, Astrid Reischwitz, Tema Stauffer, Clare Benson, Robert Calafiore.
Director’s Award: Suzanne Revy. Suzanne will receive a catalog of her work and a solo exhibit in the Fall 2017.
Awagami Factory Paper Award $300 worth of Awagami ‘A.I.J.P’ photo inkjet papers: Jerry Takigawa
Exhibitions to run June and July 2018: Catherine Wilcox-Titus and Sheri Lynn Behr/ Russ Rowland and Craig Becker. Each of these four artists will have solo exhibits.
Virtual Gallery to run simultaneously with 23rd Juried Exhibition: Susan Lapides
Critic’s Pick on-line gallery to run simultaneously with 23rd Juried Exhibition: J. Felice Boucher
Instagram exhibition: See web exhibition
Member in Focus: Kay Canavino
Juror’s Statement
In my mind and through my eyes, this exhibition is an expression of life, creativity, and ultimately, of love. It is through the lens of love that we cherish the days past and the memories. Emotions of longing, pain, and regret are available through exploring history. While it is our collective love of our humanity and the creatures that inhabit the planet that creates concern for others and our home. Finally are the moments of beauty that remind us to be present.
The lives of images are complicated and in many ways mystifying. As our culture has become a visual society, the images of our lives take on new meaning. While some artists have chosen to create their work by exploring photography in new ways as Claire Warden has done with her series, Mimesis. Others have taken a more traditional route albeit photographing the ordinary and daily moments of family life for over twenty years as Charles Rozier has in his series, House Music. Playing with the notions of the Real, Hannah Bates uses photographic backdrops to play with our senses and push us to examine what we see and understand or think we know.
It is through these artists that we can see the world in a new way. We, in the photography world, are in an exciting time of growth in the myriad of ways that photographic artists can express themselves. Old meets new with a mash-up of approaches and a host of techniques unavailable just a few years ago. While the art isn’t about technique, the ways that people are able to make the work have expanded exponentially. We are the beneficiaries of this wave of innovation and creativity.
My gratitude goes to the artists participating in this exhibition and to The Griffin Museum for inviting me to be the juror.
– Hamidah Glasgow
JURO
R: Hamidah Glasgow has been the Executive Director and Curator at The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado since 2009. Hamidah holds a master’s degree in humanities with a specialization in visual and gender studies and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. Hamidah’s contribution to photography has included curatorial projects, national portfolio reviews (FotoFest, Photolucida, Medium, Center, Filter, etc.), professional development education programs, contributions to publications and online magazines and the co-hosting of regional conferences. Hamidah is also a co-founder of the Strange Fire Collective. This collective is dedicated to photo-based work that engages with current social and political forces, highlighting the work of women, people of color, and queer and trans artists, writers, and curators.
Photo of Hamidah Glasgow by Leon Alesi.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION & Ed Friedman: The 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition will be named in honor of Ed
Friedman, a celebrated Arlington-based photographer who unexpectedly passed away due to a tragic accident in July 2016. Ed was an active member of the Griffin Museum. His Old Schwamb Mill photographs were exhibited at the Griffin in 2011. He was also an active member of Gallery Galatea in SoWa and the Cambridge Art Association.
After earning a degree in physics from Carnegie Mellon University, he had a long career working with computers. For a long time, Ed focused on landscape photography, but broadened his approach to include street photography and portraiture. When not working on photographic projects, Friedman worked as a web developer. Ed Friedman was loved and remembered by many. During the 23rd exhibition the Griffin will exhibit a number of Ed Friedman’s photographs from his work.
Alongside the juried exhibition, the Griffin Museum is organizing a series of professional development workshops presented by a diverse range of thought leaders. These workshops will share instrumental ideas, methods and tools to help build the business and legal foundation of a thriving artistic practice.
Alongside the juried exhibition, the Griffin Museum is organizing a series of professional development workshops presented by a diverse range of thought leaders. These workshops will share instrumental ideas, methods and tools to help build the business and legal foundation of a thriving artistic practice.
This exhibition is sponsored in part by the friends of Ed Friedman; Mary Ryan and Joe Rizzo, Mary and Rob Gold, The Maximowicz and McAvoy family, Amy Vreeland. Charlie and Lauren Duerr, Tom Diaz, Paula and Dragan Pajevic, Bill Clougher and Hayes Miller.
We Wish You A Bright New Year
John Chervinsky Scholarship 2016
Congratulations to Tricia Gahagan who has been awarded the John Chervinsky Scholarship!
Thank you to the judges who spent long arduous hours deciding the outcome.
View the press release here:
John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship awards 2016
Our thank you to the judges and nominators for the thoughtful time spent.
Scholarship Awardee
Tricia Gahagan
Finalists
Vanessa Filley
Ville Kansanen
Wen Hang Lin
Katie Mack
Tiziana Rozzo
Rebecca L. Webb
“In viewing the applications to the Inaugural John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship, I could not help but think of John and his creative practice.
Within the applications there were dozens of compelling projects that bore evidence of exploration of both ideas and process. Upon viewing Tricia Gahagan’s project “11:11 Connecting With Consciousness” and reading her applications documents, I felt she had achieved that and more; I sense she is approaching her project with deep and profound contemplation. Gahagan envisions life’s most complex issues in this series of simple images, affording the viewer a path towards their own contemplative journey.”
– Mary Virgina Swanson
“I was honored to co-jury the Inaugural John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship. I first showed John’s photographs when he entered and was accepted into the Photographic Resource Center’s Member Exhibition in 2003, which was juried by the PRC’s founder Chris Enos. John pursued each new step in his career and work with an unbounded sense of passion and creativity.
From the many admirable submissions to this first scholarship iteration, Tricia Gahagan’s project stood out. Gahagan’s imagery, statement, and philosophy shared many of the same artistic and personal qualities that John exhibited. With her quiet and contemplative series “11:11 Connecting With Consciousness,” Gahagan poses visual and conceptual questions. Akin to John, she also works within realms of perception and paradoxes, observation and the everyday. Nevertheless, her carefully composed and considered images come from a completely different well, and yield completely different results. Like John was in 2003, Gahagan is both on a quest and at a cusp. She will benefit immeasurably from the honorarium, course, and path that this award will allows. I very much look forward to following her journey.”
~ Leslie K. Brown, independent curator and PhD candidate
Learn more about John.
image below of John Chervinsky © L. Barry Hetherington
Horace and Agnes: A Love Story Book Launch
22 Juried Show Blog Exhibition Curated by Paula Tognarelli
What we have done with the 22nd Juried Show: Peter Urban Legacy Exhibition…
Elizabeth Avedon juried an exhibition for the Griffin Museum’s main gallery to run through the end of August. She also assigned $4,300 in awards to different artists. Also part of the Juried Show process was to choose 4 photographers to be exhibited in the Griffin galleries next year. The Griffin then chose 3 photographers to highlight in its online galleries.
There were over 2,000 photographs, many worthy of showing, we felt the need to come up with a way to show what remained. We wanted to see how many exhibits we could put together. The Griffin wanted to show people that the jurying process can be so varied, based on the juror or who else submits to the call. It also takes on a life of its own and once started it is difficult to turn back. The number needed for a space is a limiter as well. What one sees in imagery can change from one day to the next, especially with a large sampling. And that was where it all began… the Griffin put together an Instagram exhibition from the pool of photographers that remained and then assembled more group exhibitions. We have decided that for this grouping, we would exhibit right here, on our blog!
One thing you might notice is that photographers are articulating common themes without even talking to each other. I find this fascinating. One example is “The Portal.” Perhaps people are examining the future or looking back at the past. Or perhaps it represents transition and change and even escape. An un-themed call for entry can tell a juror so much about what is happening in the world.
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We would like to personally thank all of the artists for sharing their work with us.
All images are © of the artists. All rights reserved.
Featured photographers:
Alysia Macaulay
Amy Kanka
Amy Rindskopf
Andrew Feiler
Andrew Warren
Andy Schirmer
Anna Yeroshenko
Astrid Reischwitz
Barbara Curcio
Berette Macaulay
Bob Avakian
Cassie Bagent
Catherine Day
Chris Maliga
D. Clarke Evans
Darin Boville
Denn Santoro
Donna Tramontozzi
Emily Belz
Emma Powell
Eric Hovermale
Grace Weston
Honey Lazar
Jackeline Walters
John Benford
John Steck
Kolin Perry
Mark Thayer
Mary Aiu
Mary Doering
Mikael Carstanjen
Min Kim Park
Mitsu Yoshikawa
Nancy Edelstein
Robbie McClaran
Russell Hart
Stephen Sheffield
Sue Bailey
Susana O’Docharty
Tira Khan
Wendy Seller
Yuri Boyko
Photographer Erin Malone Channeling Arthur Griffin
Photographer to Photographer
At a recent portfolio review I met photographer Erin Malone. Her website is http://www.erinmalone.com where you can see more of her work. She showed me her portfolio “Seeking Terra Firma.” When I came to the image “Foggy Walk,” I did a double take. “You’ve been channeling Arthur Griffin,” I told her. Erin gave me a new idea of something we can do to remember our founder, Arthur Griffin. Periodically I will post an image by Arthur and I will ask you to respond with one of your images that you think resonates with Arthur’s spirit in response to the image I post.
If you are interested, the woman in Arthur’s photograph is his second wife, Polly.
Paula
Foggy Walk ©Erin Malone
Polly, Point Reyes National Park, CA 1988 ©Arthur Griffin courtesy of the Griffin Museum of Photography
Arthur Griffin’s Singular Vision at Lafayette City Center Passageway
The Griffin maintains a gallery at the Lafayette City Center Passageway in Boston’s Downtown Crossing. Arthur Griffin’s Singular Vision is on view there. Recently, as part of Art Week, the curators of the exhibit, John Lawler and Peter Griffin, did a gallery tour of the exhibit.
Here is a link ( image-3096 ) to a short video of John Lawler and Peter Griffin discussing Arthur’s photograph of Al Capp.
Arthur Griffin and the Griffin Museum in Black and White Magazine
Recently, David Best called me for an article in Black and White Magazine. We had an enjoyable conversation and the result is here. – Paula Tognarelli
Ted Williams and Arthur Griffin
The Famous Swing
The Swing
Ted Williams and Arthur Griffin met in 1939; Ted was about to seize the role of Rookie of the Year, and Eastman Kodak wanted Griffin to test its new color film. Griffin was at Fenway Park with his usual assortment of equipment, working on a story, in black and white, for the Boston Globe. He also carried with him his 4˝ x 5˝ view camera and Kodak’s new color film made specifically for these view cameras.
Their careers rising simultaneously, these two men connected that historic day when Williams eagerly posed for two hours. The resulting photos, the first color images ever taken of Williams, provide a unique and exceptional collection of photographs of Williams early in his career.
At age 19, Ted Williams was not yet soured by carping sports columnists or feuds with management and fans, so he gladly agreed to pose. Griffin experimented for himself and Kodak that summer day; the color film was slow and not good for action shots, but Williams, exhibiting his batting stance and swing, was so engaging a figure that Griffin was determined to catch him.
At the time, the Globe printed only in black and white, and Griffin filed away the striking color photographs of “The Splendid Splinter.” By the time color photography became more widely used in the press, Williams’ amiability had diminished, and he had no time to pose for new photographs. This undeveloped film of Williams was discovered 50 years later, and the images are now part of his and Griffin’s legacies in both baseball and photographic history.
Arthur Griffin was a pioneer in the use of both color film and the 35-millimeter camera and published six books. Considered New England’s “photographer laureate,” he spent 60 years as a photographic journalist on assignments that took him around the world and into the company of the renowned.
This collection of photographs of Ted Williams made on that fateful day in 1939 is a unique tribute to this late baseball legend and has been widely praised as some of the finest baseball photographs taken. The images represent not only baseball history but also photographic history. It’s a great story and one that needs to be shared with the public.
