The Griffin Museum of Photography
October 2018
Artist Talk: R. J. Kern
The Griffin Museum of Photography is delighted to host R. J. Kern as he shares several of his bodies of work and his artistic journey into photography. This talk is in conjunction with the exhibition of his work, "R. J. Kern: The Unchosen Ones, Out To Pasture", in the Main Gallery at the Griffin, which opens on October 18, 2018. A reception for the exhibition takes place on October 25, 2018 at 7 PM. About R. J. Kern: R. J. Kern…
Find out more »Curator-in-Residence: Portfolio Reviews with Ann Jastrab
Sold out! The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to offer portfolio review sessions with independent curator, photography consultant, editor, and writer Ann M. Jastrab. Each portfolio review will be 25 minutes long and costs $40, and is available to Griffin Museum members on a first-come, first-served basis. Please sign up below. Ann M. Jastrab Ann M. Jastrab is an independent curator, photography consultant, editor, and writer. She writes extensively about photographers and photography for the acclaimed website All About…
Find out more »Focus Awards 2018
The Focus Awards recognize individuals making critical contributions to the promotion, curation and presentation of photography. For our thirteenth year the awards celebrate two individuals instrumental in building greater awareness of the photographic arts in the general public. We will present The Lifetime Achievement Award to Steven Sasson and Alexis Gerard. The Focus Awards will take place on October 28, 2018 as part of a symposium that includes an awards' distribution and a reception. The lectures and awards’ event is…
Find out more »November 2018
New England Portfolio Reviews 2018
New England Portfolio Reviews are a great opportunities for emerging and established photographers to meet with curators, gallerists, educators, and other image professionals in the busy New England photography world and beyond. The reviews are hosted in partnership with The Griffin Museum of Photography and the Photographic Resource Center and will take place at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. The portfolio reviews will serve individuals who are just embarking on their careers and those who have several years of experience and…
Find out more »Oliver Wasow Talk and Book Signing
Join Lesley BFA Photo, Lesley MFA in Visual Arts and the Griffin Museum of Photography at Lesley University at University Hall in the Lower level screening room, 1815 Mass Ave, Porter Sq, Cambridge, MA. Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by Lesley BFA Photo and the Griffin Museum of Photography. Oliver Wasow will talk and have a book signing of his book "Friends, Enemies and Strangers" on November 5, 2018 at 5:30 PM
Find out more »PARIS PHOTO 2018 with J. Sybylla Smith November 7-9, 2018
PARIS PHOTO 2018 with J. Sybylla Smith November 7-9, 2018. Pre-Planning Sessions on September 25 and October 9, 2018. Explore Photography in Paris! $475 for Griffin members, $550 for non-members Join independent curator and educator, J. Sybylla Smith, a Paris Photo veteran, on a guided experience of the world’s largest international photo fair. Paris Photo features 150-plus galleries, 30-plus publishers, the Aperture/Paris Photo PhotoBook Awards, Prismes, the large-format section, Platforms, a speaker series, and 300-plus book-signings. Planning is to key…
Find out more »Film Screening and Director’s Talk: “Living in the Story” – Re Patrick Nagatani’s Work
All tickets must be purchased in advance through the Griffin's website. Limited capacity. This event is generously presented by Laconia Gallery in SOWA, in the South End of Boston. 433 Harrison Avenue, Boston, 02118 “Living in the Story” documents thirty-five years of art making by the distinguished photographic artist Patrick Ryoichi Nagatani, one of the most brilliant photographic artists of our era. In the late 1970s, he pioneered the Contemporary Constructed Photographic Movement in Los Angeles, developing a new visual vocabulary…
Find out more »Reception: Quién? Qué? Dónde? @ Lafayette City Center
Quién? Qué? Dónde? 70 Photographers June 10 – November 17, 2018 Reception November 17, 2018 4 - 6 PM “Quién? Qué? Dónde?” means “Who? What? Where?” in Spanish. Spanish is one of the worlds’ most commonly spoken languages and is often chosen as the second language one learns. The name was chosen for this portrait exhibition in order to underscore the complexities of all of our diverse roots. A portrait photograph can inspire many questions and if we look hard…
Find out more »Studio Workshop: Creature Bounce: Photographing Small Animals and Mastering Bounce Flash – Led by Traer Scott
Have you ever wondered how to photograph small animals in a studio setting? Learn from celebrated animal photographer, Traer Scott! In this fun, three-hour workshop, learn about Traer's photography career, build tabletop studios together, practice lighting and mastering bounce flash techniques. Practice by photographing both inanimate objects and small live animals. Students are required to bring a DSLR with a flashgun/hot shoe mount flash. If you own a small animal that you'd like to photograph, check with Griffin staff to…
Find out more »Paris Photo Review – with J. Sybylla Smith and Friends
Paris Photo Review - with Sybylla Smith and Friends Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 Location: The Griffin Museum of Photography, Main Gallery Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm Cost: $8 (Griffin Museum Members) $12 (Non-Members) Paris Photo, in it’s 22nd year has secured a reputation for being the leading international art fair dedicated to the photographic medium. Juried for the pertinence of their projects and their artistic diversity 190 exhibitors from 31 countries will participate. Host to an array of art book dealers the fair…
Find out more »December 2018
“Why Look at Animals?” – Lecture by Alison Nordström
“Why Look at Animals?” is a broad survey of animals in photography, that considers a wide variety of uses and intentions in such categories as “They complete our families” “They have economic value” “They make us laugh” and “They inhabit our dreams". In addition to such historical examples as the romantic pastoral images of P.H. Emerson, the sardonic and edgy metaphors of John Heartfield, and the scientific documents of Eadweard Muybridge, the lecture will discuss several contemporary examples, among them Barbara Norfleet’s “Manscape…
Find out more »February 2019
“Approaching Abstraction” – Lecture by Alison Nordström
“Approaching Abstraction” considers the idea of the abstract in photography, with an emphasis on the work of Alvin Langdon Coburn, Aaron Siskind, and Robert Rauschenberg as it evolved over time. The lecture will place this work in the contexts of the history of photography but will also consider the relationships between these works and the various contemporary art movements of which they are a part. We will also consider the relationship between abstraction and materiality in the contemporary work of…
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