June 13 – September 1, 2024
Reception for the Artists – June 22nd, 6 to 8pm Eastern in museum
We have 3 talks scheduled to celebrate these talented artists
ONLINE – June 25th @ 7pm Eastern
IN PERSON – July 17th @ 7pm
ONLINE – August 14 @ 7pm Eastern
The Griffin Museum is pleased to present its 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition. Curated by Karen Davis, Director of Davis Orton Gallery and Crista Dix, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum, the team selected 50 self-published photobooks to showcase during this summer exhibition.
Artists included in the exhibition (in alphabetical order)
Robert David Atkinson, Paul Baron, Adrien Bisson, Sarah Bossert, Anna Clem, Pamela Landau Connolly, Lee Cott, Barbara Dombach, Andrew Epstein, Joanna Epstein, Kevin Flynn, Steve Genatossio, Bill Gore, Joe Greene, Rohina Hoffman, J.W.Johnston, Helen Jones, Kevin B. Jones, Gregory Jundanian, Marky Kauffmann, Kay Kenny, Seymour Leicher, Susan Lirakis, Arrayah Loynd, Mara Magyarosi-Laytner, Fruma Markowitz, Larry Merrill, Ney Jose Mila, Colleen Mullins, Fern Nesson, Nancy Nichols, Camilo Ramirez, Mary Pat Reeve, Irene Reti, Sarah Salomon, Elliot Schildkrout, Lauren Shaw, Francine Sherman, Marc Sirinsky, William Mark Sommer, Sean Sullivan, Donna Tramontozzi, Lori Van Houten, Terri Warpinski, Thomas Whitworth, Caren Winnall and Eric Zeigler & Aaron Ellison.
About Karen Davis –
Karen Davis is a teacher, curator, photographer, and photobook artist. For over fifteen years,
from 2009 to 2024, she was co-owner/director of Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, where she exhibited photography, mixed media, and photobooks of emerging, mid-career, and established artists. She has been an invited reviewer of portfolios for the New England Portfolio Reviews (NEPR), Photolucida in Portland, OR, FotoFest in Houston, TX, and Critical Mass (online/Photolucida).
Karen taught “Photography Atelier,” a portfolio development course at Radcliffe Institute, Lesley University, and the Griffin Museum of Photography from 1999 to 2014 and co-taught “Making Art in Two Languages: Word and Image” at Radcliffe Institute, New England School of Art and Design, Lesley Seminars, Tufts ExCollege, and the Griffin Museum. Since 2015, she has taught online for the Griffin Museum, “Portfolio Development and Marketing Your Fine Art Photography” (PDMFA), and “The Self-Published Photobook Workshop” (SPPW).
Karen’s photographs are in the collections of CPW, Kingston, NY, the Lishui Museum of Photography (China), and the Houghton Rare Books Library, Harvard University, and can be seen at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). Her photobook, “Still Stepping: A Family Portrait” was featured in the photoblogs, “What Will You Remember?”, Lenscratch, and Elizabeth Avedon’s Journal. Her photobook, “The McCann Family,” was selected by blurb as a “Staff Pick.”
