The Griffin Museum of Photography

This hands-on Food Photography Workshop is designed for beginner to intermediate photographers who are eager to learn, observe, and put their newly acquired knowledge into practice the same day! We’ll cover everything from the history of food in photography, manual camera settings, basic rules of styling/composition, prop sourcing/selection, best lighting techniques and equipment, editing tools, and much more. The workshop will be broken into three distinct teachings formats, beginning with direct instruction, moving onto live/tethered demonstrations of each concept, and wrap…

The Griffin Museum of Photography is delighted to host Janelle Lynch. She will share her project and book, Another Way of Looking at Love (Radius Books, 2018). In Another Way of Looking at Love, the landscape is explored as a metaphor for our yearning to be connected, while considering the personal, societal, and environmental consequences of disconnection. From 2015-2018, Janelle Lynch (born 1969) used the 8×10 camera to create natural still lives. Her process included placing the camera in unique vantage points…

In art school, critiques are a frequent and important part of growth. But after school, artists often create in isolated environments and yearn for feedback on new work. The Griffin’s critical conversations are safe, honest, and constructive opportunities to share work-in-progress with other photographers. Bring your work in process to share with facilitator Fran Forman and other attendees, your questions and enough photographs to provide information for discussion with the group. The number of photographs you bring will vary depending…

Join Griffin Museum member, Tony Schwartz, as he discusses his photography as it relates to ecotourism, gorillas, and the survival of an indigenous people in Uganda. In Africa, efforts to protect endangered animals frequently have negatively impacted people living traditional lifestyles in those areas. The Batwa Pygmies resided for millennia in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of southwestern Uganda, along with Mountain Gorillas.  In 1992, the government evicted them; the forest had been designated a World Heritage Site and national park,…

Join Griffin Museum's Executive Director and Curator, Paula Tognarelli, as she gives a guided walk and talk around the show, Down Garden Paths. The show includes work by the artists Craig J. Barber, Joan Lobis Brown, Jimmy Fike, Ivana Damien George, Emily Hamilton Laux, Marcy Palmer, Paula Riff, and Vaughn Sills. This event is free and for Griffin members only. Please register below. Bio: Paula Tognarelli is the Executive Director and Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography. Ms. Tognarelli is responsible…

Join us at the Griffin Museum of Photography for a Portfolio Walk designed to showcase the work of the Boston Camera Club Members. Each participant from the Boston Camera Club will showcase their work for the photographic community, the art community and the public. It is a great chance to meet Boston photographers, see (and maybe buy!) some compelling photography, as well as see the current exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography. Come join us for an evening of…

From famous locations to the simplest home vegetable garden, from worlds imagined by artists to vintage family snapshots, The Photographer in the Garden (Aperture and George Eastman Museum, 2018) traces the garden’s rich history in photography and delights readers with spectacular images. At this talk, Jamie M. Allen, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Associate Curator in the Department of Photography at the George Eastman Museum and author of the book's essay, will explore the relationships between photography, botanical images, and the…

Concept Aware® Workshop with J. Sybylla Smith  Griffin Museum of Photography June 8, 2019 from 10 am - 3 pm June 9, 2019 from 10 am - 2 pm Summary This two-day workshop focuses on eight specific practices within the creative process that take an idea and/or inspiration and develop it into a unique style, a project and ultimately a body of work. Learn the critical thinking skills that will strengthen your own personal visual language, increase your awareness of…

Join us for The FENCE- 7th Edition Boston Walking Tour at SOWA Boston, with Griffin Museum! This public art exhibition features work by New England photographers: Cassandra Klos, Stefani Klavens, Sarah Malakoff, Sarah Rice, Pamela Pecchio, Michael Joseph, Marky Kauffmann, Jill Brody, Cate Wnek and 38 artists from around the world. The FENCE walking tour will take place at the intersection of Albany & Thayer Street. Learn more HERE: https://fence.photoville.com

Are the inherent requirements of a “good photograph” at odds with the requirements to accurately portray history and creating a narrative of minority subcultures. This panel will begin with a presentation of images in the Roma & Traveller issue of ZEKE magazine and then look at how documentary photography can be used to either confirm or break down stereotypes of groups outside the majority culture A presentation and panel discussion with: Margareta Matache: Roma rights activist, director of the Roma…

Julie Grahame will give an informal jurors talk in the Main Gallery of the Griffin Museum on the 25th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition at 6:15 PM on July 18, 2019. Julie Grahame is the publisher of aCurator.com, a full-screen photography magazine, and the associated aCurator blog, one of the ten best photo sites named by the British Journal of Photography and one of Life.com‘s top 20. She has represented the estate of Yousuf Karsh for licensing for 14 years. Grahame is an…

The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to offer portfolio or website review sessions with Julie Grahame, juror of the 25th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition. The review with Ms. Grahame will be 20 minutes long and costs $40, and is available to Griffin Museum members on a first-come, first-served basis. Please sign up below. Julie Grahame is the publisher of aCurator.com, a full-screen photography magazine, and the associated aCurator blog, one of the ten best photo sites named by the…