March 20, 2009 (Winchester, MA)  The future of photography is on display in the three galleries of the Griffin Museum April 8 through May 8.

Flash Forward 2008, an exhibit of select images from the fourth photography competition and book produced by the Magenta Foundation, highlights the work of emerging talents from Canada, the United Kingdom, and United States.

The aim of the project and exhibit, displayed in the museum’s Main Gallery, Atelier Gallery, and Griffin Gallery, is to connect new artists with new audiences.

“The artists represented in this collection will usher photography into its third century,’’ said exhibit curator Sara Knelman, of the Art Gallery of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. “The range of styles and approaches to the medium are remarkable, yet the images remain connected. They share a palpable vitality, a force that says, `these are not documents, this is life!‘ ‘’

The photographs range from images of an abandoned mental asylum, to the plight of displaced Serbian Croats, to portraits of people with autism, powerful landscapes, and dramatically lit chemical experiments.

“We are honored to be the fourth and final venue for this traveling exhibition of very fresh work as seen through the eyes of these young emerging photographers,” says Paula Tognarelli, executive director of the Griffin Museum of Photography. The Magenta Foundation is a charitable arts publishing house in Canada that promotes the work of Canadian and international contemporary artists through books and exhibitions. The exhibition is generously sponsored by TD Bank North

An opening reception is April 9, 7-8:30 PM. All are welcome.  Please RSVP by

April 2, 2009