Griffin Museum of Photography

Photoville x Winchester

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Photoville x Winchester

Various Artists

June 13 – September 8, 2023

It’s time for the 4th Annual Photoville x Winchester!

Winchester is bursting with art and photographic goodness this summer! Creating a photographic walking trail around the town of Winchester, where the Griffin Museum is located, Photoville x Winchester is a public art installation showcasing national, international and New England photo based artists. Downtown Winchester is filled with sidewalk art, featuring the students of local Winchester schools and contemporary New England based photographic artists.

The Griffin Museum is pleased to partner with Photoville and the Winchester Cultural District to bring this installation featuring 13 exhibitions with the artists lens focused on our changing planet, climate and cultures around the world. This year we highlight photographs by artists Corey Arnold, Alejandro Duran, Emeke Obanor, Marilene Ribero, Amy Sacka, Camille Seaman, Amy Vitale. Additional images and series from the Network for Social Justice, Case Art Fund and Social Documentary Network are on display.

Now in it’s 19th year, the Photosynthesis program artworks hangs on a banner in the Town Common. The students of Winchester and Burlington High Schools have worked this spring to develop visually engaging personal portfolios about their family, community and world around them. This program is sponsored by the John & Mary Murphy Foundation and the En Ka Society. We are grateful for their support of this project each year.

In a community initiative, Our Town is a featured on the walls at the Town Common as well. We asked the local community for a vision of their family and community. We showcase many views of Winchester and the people that inhabit our neighborhood.

We are thrilled to have the creativity of the Winchester Community Music School curate music to enhance the visual experience. Each cube has a QR code that links to a specially composed soundtrack for the photographs.

Surrounding the museum are banners from Dawn Watson, part of Nine Conversations, an exhibition at our Griffin @ Lafayette City Center Place. Liz Hickok has created a site specific work, Submerged, an interactive piece using AR technology, activating the space, hanging on the exterior of the museum.

A full map of all the exhibits in Winchester is here.

We want to thank our producing partner Photoville for bringing the Fence to Winchester. We couldn’t continue without our fiscal sponsors, the Winchester Cultural District, EnKa Society, Winchester Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council. We are grateful to our contributing partners, the Town of Winchester, John and Mary Murphy Educational Foundation,  Winchester Community Music School, Winchester High School, Burlington High School , The Jenks Center, The Network for Social Justice and Case Art Fund.

Photosynthesis XVIII

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PhotoSynthesis XVII is a collaboration between Burlington High School and Winchester High School facilitated by the Griffin Museum of Photography.

Join us on Thursday June 8th from 6 to 8pm for an Artist Reception to celebrate these talented student works and meet their instructors and supporters.

Now in its eighteenth year, this 5-month program connects approximately 20 students with each other and professional photographers, artists and curators. Using photography as a visual language, student’s increase their vocabulary to communicate about themselves and the world around them. Interacting with fellow students from different programs, backgrounds and schools the students create a capsule of who they are in this moment, learning from each other to create a united exhibition showcasing all they have learned during the program.

The participating student artists from Winchester High School:

Neave Bunting | Claire English | Avery Robinson

The participating student artists from Burlington High School:

Madison Bairos | Lindsay Bullock | Kirsten Dew | Georgia Doherty | Samantha Goneau | Lindsey Lavoie | Alyssa LoCicero | Alex McGillivray | Lily Passaretta | Ava Restivo | Caroline Sciarratta

The students are given the task of creating a body of work that communicates a sense of self and place.  They were encouraged to explore the importance of props, the environment, facial expression, metaphor, and body language in portrait photography.

This year, three photo based artists, Donna Garcia, Anne Eder, Jeremy Dennnis spoke to the students via zoom conference and in person workshop. Donna Garcia will meet the students for an in person review during the exhibition opening at the museum.

Image of Donna Garcia

Donna Garcia is lens-based artist, filmmaker, curator, art director and educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally from Boston, her work often illustrates a semiotic dislocation that has been organically reconstructed in a way that gives her subjects a voice in the present moment; something they often did not have in the past.  Her images rise above what they actually are and become empathic recreations in a fine art narrative. She often utilizes self-portraiture with motion to provide an indication of the other in her work; a surplus threat to the perpetuity of our modern day grand narratives in defining elements like gender and race.

She has worked as an art director for Ogilvy, NYC, an adjunct faculty member at the Art Institute in Atlanta, a contributing editor of LENSCRATCH and founded the Garcia | Wilburn Fine Art Gallery, where she directed and curated a number of influential exhibitions highlighting the work of emerging and established artists. Garcia and her partner, Darnell Wilburn launched the Modern Art and Culture Podcast. In their first year, they were chosen to become the official podcast of the Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival, the United States largest, month-long photography festival, held annually in October.

She has exhibited internationally and has had her work published worldwide (donnagarcia.com). She is a 2019 nominee of reGENERATION 4: The Challenges of Photography and the Museum of Tomorrow. Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland. Emerging Artists to Watch.

Donna Garcia has a Master of Fine Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design and a Master of Science in Communications from Kennesaw State University.

DONNAGARCIA.COM

image of Anne Eder

Anne Eder is an interdisciplinary artist and educator, working in photography, sculpture, and fiction writing. She has been internationally exhibited, awarded, and published, including multiple Julia Margaret Cameron awards in alternative process photography. She is currently faculty at Harvard University, Penumbra Foundation, and is guest faculty at Princeton University, co-teaching with Guggenheim fellow, Deana Lawson. She holds a master’s degree in Photography and Integrated Media from Lesley University College of Art and Design where she studied with Christopher James. Much of her work is experimental and research based, combining historic processes, science, and contemporary conceptual thinking.

Throughout her career she has been an advocate for increased access to the arts, cofounding and operating artist run galleries and programming in the Philadelphia metro area, and the creation of public art is a dedicated part of her practice. She lives in Boston writing fairy tales and catering to her fabulous chihuahua, The Brain.

www.anneeder.com Instagram @darcflower

Jeremy Dennis (b. 1990) is a contemporary fine art photographer and a tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY. In his work, he explores indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation.

Dennis was one of 10 recipients of a 2016 Dreamstarter Grant from the national non-profit organization Running Strong for American Indian Youth. He was awarded $10,000 to pursue his project, On This Site, which uses photography and an interactive online map to showcase culturally significant Native American sites on Long Island, a topic of special meaning for Dennis, who was raised on the Shinnecock Nation Reservation. He also created a book and exhibition from this project. Most recently, Dennis received the Creative Bursar Award from Getty Images in 2018 to continue his series Stories.

In 2013, Dennis began working on the series, Stories—Indigenous Oral Stories, Dreams and Myths. Inspired by North American indigenous stories, the artist staged supernatural images that transform these myths and legends to depictions of an actual experience in a photograph.

Residencies: Yaddo (2019), Byrdcliffe Artist Colony (2017), North Mountain Residency, Shanghai, WV (2018), MDOC Storytellers’ Institute, Saratoga Springs, NY (2018). Eyes on Main Street Residency & Festival, Wilson, NC (2018), Watermill Center, Watermill, NY (2017) and the Vermont Studio Center hosted by the Harpo Foundation(2016).

He has been part of several group and solo exhibitions, including Stories—Dreams, Myths, and Experiences, for The Parrish Art Museum’s Road Show (2018), Stories, From Where We Came,The Department of Art Gallery, Stony Brook University (2018); Trees Also Speak,Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY College at Old Westbury, NY (2018); Nothing Happened Here, Flecker Gallery at Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY (2018);On This Site: Indigenous People of Suffolk County, Suffolk County Historical Society, Riverhead, NY (2017); Pauppukkeewis, Zoller Gallery, State College, PA (2016); and Dreams, Tabler Gallery, Stony Brook, NY (2012).

Dennis holds an MFA from Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, and a BA in Studio Art from Stony Brook University, NY.

He currently lives and works in Southampton, New York on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation.

The Griffin Museum is grateful to all of our tremendous sponsors. Photosynthesis is generously supported by grants from The John and Mary Murphy Foundation, The ENKA Society, and The Winchester Cultural District.

29th Annual Members Exhibition | Online

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We are pleased to highlight members of our creative community. Of the 1250 images from over 250 creative artists we selected 60 prints for the walls in Winchester, and highlight another 60 artist works here. The theme for submissions was “Under the Mask”, looking introspectively at the last three years and how we sustained ourselves as artists under the circumstances that we have endured. How do we clarify our thoughts in a visual medium? There were many great images, it was hard to narrow the field to 60. This exhibition is a portrait of who we are, where we connect, and how we move forward from here. Thank you to everyone who shared their work and their creative souls with us.

The artists highlighted in this online are –

Karen Baker, Sheri Lynn Behr, Meg Birnbaum, Adrien Bisson, John Blom, Robin Boger, Lynne Breitfeller, Joan Lobis Brown, Joy Bush, Ronald Butler, Richard Chow, Donna Dangott, Parrish Dobson, Sally Ann Field, Kev Filmore, Paul Goldberg, Liam Hayes, Elizabeth Hopkins, Judi Iranyi, Kay Kenny, Tira Khan, Frasier King, Sandra Klein, Carolyn Knorr, Neil Kramer, Julia Kuskin, Margaret Lampert, Elizabeth Libert, Sile Marrinan, Randy Matusow, Laila Nahar, Colin O’Hearn, Allison Plass, Ric Pontes, David Quinn, Robin Radin, Angela Ramsey, Astrid Reischwitz, John Rich, Nancy Roberts, Susan Rosenberg Jones, Gordon Saperia, Rebecca Sexton-Larson, Carla Shapiro, Paula Shur, Anastasia Sierra, Sara Silks, Emi Sisk, Janet Smith, Skip Smith, David Sokosh, Robert Sulkin, JP Terlizzi, Donna Tramontozzi, Jacqueline Walters, Mark Warner, Becky Wilkes, Lincoln Williams, Torrance York and Yelena Zhavoronkova

Liz Hickok | Submerged

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The Griffin is pleased to present the second in the series of works from Liz Hickok, bringing photography off the walls and surrounding our view with Augmented Reality visions.

As part of our overarching public art summer exhibitions focused on the waters that surround us as well as our changing climate, Submerged activates the space facing Judkin’s Pond at the museum in Winchester.

About Submerged

This mural is part of my Ground Waters series, in which I construct scale models of urban spaces, flood the tiny ecosystem with a crystal solution, and record the ephemeral deterioration with photography and video. As time passes, the crystals engulf the structures, transforming them into otherworldly scenes. While the colors are inviting, the sharp formations are clearly chemical in nature, referencing the pollutants that seep into, even saturate, our environment.
Through the use of augmented reality technology, the still photograph comes alive as you, the viewer, witness the crystals growing. You can move closer and further away from the mural, while the video and sound continue to play, evoking the invisible forces at work around us.

Augmented reality interface by Phil Spitler

About the Artists –

San Francisco-based artist, Liz Hickok, works in an innovative creative style, mixing low and high tech to create immersive artworks that bring viewers into a whimsical and wondrous space. Using playful materials and intersecting photography, sculpture, video, and installation, Hickok makes art that intermingles science and nature. Her most recent projects use augmented reality and other interactive technologies, inviting her spectators to take a more personal approach to her art, and closing the gap between artist and viewer.

Hickok exhibits nationally and internationally; her work is included in such collections as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Blue Shield of California, and Mills College Art Museum. Hickok’s series, Fugitive Topography: Cityscapes in Jell-O, attracted widespread media attention, receiving coverage in The New York Times, a feature on CBS’s The Early Show, and NPR.

Hickok has developed photomurals for Facebook and Google’s San Francisco offices, as well as for UCSF and Sutter Hospitals. In 2019, she created a site-specific installation for the Surreal Sublime exhibition at the San Jose ICA, and had a large solo exhibition at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts in Longview, TX. In 2020, she was part of the Center of Photographic Art in Carmel’s 8×10 Fundraising Exhibition. She currently has an outdoor photomural on display in Palo Alto, CA which integrates three-dimensional layers of augmented reality video and sound. Liz’s most recent project was an interactive large-scale video projection for Palo Alto’s Code:ART2 festival in October 2021. In 2022, she will have a solo show at Chung Namont Gallery in Noe Valley, San Francisco.

Phil Spitler is a creative technology artist based in San Francisco. He has gained a reputation for his ability to create innovative and unique light-based art, as well as augmented reality and other creative technology installations. Originally from the UK, Phil has always been fascinated by the interplay between art and technology, and has spent much of his career exploring this intersection. He has a keen eye for using light and color to create immersive environments, often incorporating cutting-edge technology to create truly transformative installations.

Yukimi Akiba | Timeless Knot

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The Griffin Museum is pleased to introduce Yukimi Akiba showcasing her unique work Timeless Knot.

Timeless Knot is the first project after Yukimi stepped away from self-portraits using Polaroids. Focusing on unknown women (in vintage postcards) who lived and died in the past, and using countless French Knot stitches that looks like blooming colorful threads. 

Akiba takes time to “talk” with all the creatures in the vintage photographs, and carefully stitch and revive them, stitch by stitch, with a great amount of respect towards the portrait sitter, the original print and us as viewers of the work.

Yukimi Akiba lives in Japan, working with mixed media and embroidery as her main medium. She created a series of Polaroid self-portraits, Creative ‘Self’ Destruction, from 2019-2021. Her work played an important role as a way to reconstruct what she lost in her life due to illness and trauma, which led to her current style that allows her to relate herself to others and reality.

Since spring 2019 Yukimi Akiba has thrown herself into her creative/emotional world but isolated herself from people and the real world instead. For Yukimi, art played an important role as therapy for illness, a way of not physically harming herself or others, a way of rebuilding what she had lost in her life by trauma, and now it helps relate her and the realities.

To see more of Yukimi’s work, log onto her website. You can find her on Instagram @ykm_12.44_

Lisa Ryan | Becoming Light

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I like to explore the world at night. Night lighting with its mix of sources and colors, makes the commonplace magical. There is often a peace and serenity in the dark: An opportunity to see and experience things differently.
I add lighting to my images. Sometimes I add flourishes of light or draw in elements. Sometimes the subjects are so dark that I need to light them, for the camera to capture them. Sometimes the light itself becomes the subject.
These images are from a project titled “Becoming Light”. They show transformation from stillness to motion, from dark to light, from body to energy.
Light painting has a performance element to it; in that respect it is like dance. Gesture and awareness of body in space are important. My movements and my lighting bring different elements to life, painting the picture.

About the Artist –

Lisa Ryan is a night photographer and light painter.  The influence of her fine arts education can be seen in her use of light to draw and paint. Working with various light tools she incorporates gestures and movement. In addition to lighting landscapes at night, she creates scenes, including clothing the figure and creating night gardens from light.

Ryan’s photographs have been exhibited in shows presented by the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA, the Center for Photographic Art, Carmel CA and in many juried exhibits throughout the US.  She has curated group exhibits of night photography at the Front Street Gallery, Scituate MA and at the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA.

Her images have been featured in print and digital publications including NASA’s APOD, “RechargeTheArts”, a juried group exhibition on Instagram, Fraction Magazine, and The Literate Image.

Ryan has been co-organizer of the Greater Boston Night Photographers Meetup since 2014.

Ruben Natal San Miguel | Downtown Crossing

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Boston’s colonial leaders once called Downtown Boston home, and the district’s residents traded on the wharves and in shops leading from the waterfront.  The seat of government was the Old State House at the head of State Street.  The main freshwater source for the area gave Spring Lane its name.
Although you wouldn’t know it today, as recently as 20 years ago, Downtown Crossing was hardly an attraction at all. It was a place occupied almost entirely by shoppers and office workers. The neighborhood was busy during the day, but went silent at night. Now, emerging retail giants, new restaurants and revived forms of entertainment keep visitors busy deep into the night. 

Neighborhoods throughout Boston all have their own distinct demographics. But Downtown Crossing prides itself on being a place that has a little bit of everything for everyone. “When you’re taking Washington Street and you go all the way down into different neighborhoods, there are different demographics. But, specifically talking about Downtown Crossing, it really is a crossing of lots of cultures. Just a few blocks away along Washington Street, Chinatown is experiencing similar changes to Downtown Crossing. 

In Early 1982 , I moved to Boston from Manhattan, NYC to attend college. Back then, the city was mostly diverse during the semester calendar of the year when students like me (called back then foreign students) would be there during the college semesters and when college was over most would leave town for job opportunities elsewhere. The city was mostly known for its lack of diversity, lack of inclusiveness and racial tensions. 
I worked there briefly after college and then like most relocated back to NYC where 31 years later still reside. 
Recently I was invited by Crista Dix, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum to show my photographic series Expanding The Pantheon : Women R Beautiful at The Griffin @ Lafayette City Center Gallery in Downtown Crossing Boston. 
I was also asked if could do what I call and had done in several other museums a ” Wall Portrait Session ” on which will asked passersby subjects to have their portrait taken and document the current demographics of the area. 
This happened Saturday May 13, 2023 from 2-4 PM right in front of Macy’s (which in the past was formerly Jordan Marsh). 
I was so pleasantly surprised by how diverse and inclusive the city has become. Everywhere I went around the city, from my Uber driver, to delivery, to retail employers, hotel managers etc, etc, minorities and members of the LBGTQ+ community were present, confident and more than anything being seen!
I was so thrilled to document such a strong shift in demographics so evident and present and how everyone interacted so well with each other. I witnessed and documented a newer, inclusive and diverse city. 
The wall selected for the portrait session was this wonderful wallpaper simulating stage drapery. It was tiny but just perfect ! The final effect to me seemed like a vintage photo booth, where people go in to have that perfect moment of togetherness 


This whole digital archive was donated by me to The Griffin Museum. My way to give back to the city who formed me as the professional, individual and human that I am today.

RUBEN NATAL-SAN MIGUEL is an architect, fine art photographer, curator, creative director and critic. His stature in the photo world has earned him awards, features in major media, countless exhibitions and collaborations with photo icons such as Magnum Photographer Susan Meiselas. Gallery shows include: Asya Geisberg, SoHo Photo, Rush Arts, Finch & Ada, Kris Graves Projects, Fuchs Projects, WhiteBox Gallery, Station Independent Projects Gallery, LMAK Gallery,  Postmasters Gallery  Rome  & NYC  and others. His work has been featured in numerous institutions: The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Griffin Museum of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Makeshift Museum in Los Angeles, University of Washington, El Museo del Barrio and Phillips Auction House and Aperture Foundation.

Jessa Fairbrother | Conversations with My Mother

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This is my story of severance.

It explores the relationship I had with my mother and my own inability to become one. It is a photographic performance of being cut from the role of daughter while at the same time denied a maternal role to shape my future.

We had been tentatively making work together using a single disposable camera, taking photographs of our own lives. I would take one and send the camera to her in the post; she would do the same. We tried to communicate through this process.

Not long after my fertility began to unravel. I was unable to concentrate on my story because it was then we both found out she was going to die.

I dismantled my existing life to relocate and care for her, my second parent dying of cancer. In the immediate moment I was concerned with the gesture to record her as she was but felt the photograph’s inability to do this. I photographed myself responding to the surroundings, to negotiating space. Once or twice I asked my mother to photograph me, echoing the way we had used a camera only a few months before. I tried to make sense of things that had no sense except sadness.

I jostled with several personas during this period – wife, daughter, sister, artist. I gained new roles and became Carer. I became child-less…. or child-free. We strived to understand and love each other more completely; we looked at each other seeking resemblance, resentment, entanglement and reliance. I became Orphan. An orphan.

I put on her chemotherapy wig afterwards – it was the only thing that smelled of her. I burned, buried and embellished photographs of us. I performed my grief and began to stitch. I cried a lot for her. I cried for my loss of feeling the hug of her body, her touch, her laugh. I cried in sorrow at the abrupt suspension of future narratives, for the mother I would not hold again and for the child who would never hold me.

About Jessa Fairbrother –

Jessa Fairbrother is an award winning artist with a practice focussed on feelings and the body, using photography, performance, and stitch. Initially training as an actor (1990s) and completing an MA (Photographic Studies, University of Westminster 2010) underpins her knowledge of how artwork and audience collide. Her expanded use of stitch is underpinned by training in historical hand-embroidery at the Royal School of Needlework through a QEST scholarship received in 2019.

Solo exhibitions include The Photographers’ Gallery, London (The Print Sales Gallery, 2019, who represent her as an artist), and Birmingham City University (2017). In 2020 she was commissioned by Wellcome Collection, illustrating work for their Digital Stories section, and again in 2022.

‘Conversations with my mother’ (2012-16), her study of maternal grief, has been noted for significant contribution to understanding mourning with scholarship by art historian Jennifer Mundy published in Tate Papers (2020) and conference presentation at The Freud Museum, London (2018). A substantial amount of this work was exhibited at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery in 2021, presented as intervention in the main collection for Bristol Photograph Festival.  The artist-book of this work is held in UK / US collections (Tate Britain,  V&A, Yale Centre for British Art, Museum of Fine Art, Houston). Her work is also included in the extensive survey Body (2019) by curator and art historian Nathalie Herschdorfer.

Receiving a-n bursaries in 2016 / 2020, a 2020 Arts Council England (ACE) Emergency Grant, and most recently a Developing Your Creative Practice grant (2021), also from ACE, have supported ongoing research on her long-term work a Fencing Manual for Women.

Other notable mentions include shortlisting for Jerwood Open Makers (2017) and winner of the GRAIN portfolio prize (2017).

Jessa is based in Bristol, UK

Renewal Rhapsody : Spring in Black and White

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“Renewal Rhapsody: Spring in Black and White” is an online exhibition showcasing the stunning black and white photography of Arthur Griffin. With a focus on the arrival of spring, this collection of 15 photographs captures the essence of renewal and rebirth. Griffin’s masterful use of light and contrast, combined with the timelessness of black and white photography, creates a sense of nostalgia and wonder that draws the viewer in.

Each photograph is a celebration of the beauty and magic of spring, from the delicate petals of a flower to the playful energy of animals awakening from their winter slumber. Griffin’s keen eye for detail and his ability to capture the essence of his subjects are evident in every image, making this collection a true testament to his skill as a photographer.

We invite you to take a journey through “Renewal Rhapsody: Spring in Black and White” and experience the wonder of spring through Griffin’s lens. Whether you are a fan of nature photography, black and white photography, or simply appreciate the beauty of spring, this exhibition is sure to captivate and inspire.

Xiaonan Guo is an artist, photographer, and a writer. Photography has been her constant passion because it encapsulates the fleeting moments of beauty, ugliness, perplexity, and conflict. She believes photography is a poetic language that speaks vehemently across time and space. Xiaonan graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2022 majored in Art History and minored in Studio Art. Currently, Xiaonan is working at The Griffin Museum of Photography, where she is assisting with upcoming exhibitions and preserving the invaluable Arthur Griffin photography archive.

Special thanks to the Boston Public Library for digitizing a large portion of the Arthur Griffin Archive so it may be accessible to the public. If you would like to view more photos and library material, visit the Boston Public Library for the Digital Commonwealth and the Digital Public Library of America.

All images on this webpage © copyright 2023 by the Griffin Museum of Photography. All rights reserved.  No part of this webpage may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the museum except in the case of brief quotations from the written material with citation.

Best Friends Forever | Curated by Claire Fadness

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Historically, vernacular photography has shown us glimpses into the lives and relationships of everyday people. Since film is used for this type of photography, fleeting moments that would otherwise be lost or exist only in hazy memory, are given permanence.

In contemporary times people have chosen to document through digital means using phones or tablets. While those kinds of images may look really good, they can lack a certain authenticity because digital photos can be endlessly retaken until the moment becomes more of a staged photo shoot. Recently, among Gen Z, there has been a trend to buy disposable or older film cameras. Using these types of cameras tends to make the taking of pictures less serious and keeps the moment fun and loose. This allows us to see intimate moments between friends.

This collection of photographs is of contemporary images featuring different Gen Z friend groups everywhere. The pictures were taken spontaneously among friends and family capturing candid, genuine moments of joy. It is important to note these images are born out of the friendships and closeness between the photographer and the subject. The photographer is more than just a documenter of what is occurring, they are also a participant. 

The title of this show is not only about the lasting relationships of the subjects, but also the permanent format of physical film photography.

BFF’s – Claire Fadness, Caroline Karakey, Isha Khanzode, Rachel Kosta, Bix Lowsley-Williams, Alice Pendergast and Aidan Wiese

This exhibition curated by Claire Fadness, a student of Connecticut College, and summer 2022 intern for the Griffin Museum in our Administration program.

Claire Fadness is a student at Connecticut College, majoring in Art and Art History with a certificate program in Museum Studies. She first became interested in photography through an art history class her sophomore year of college. Especially inspired by vernacular photography, Claire was prompted to buy her own point and shoot film camera. Her favorite thing to capture are candid moments with loved ones. All of her friends will tell you how irritated she becomes when taking a picture and everyone begins to pose. 

This particular group of photographers were chosen after an open call through Claire’s instagram. The audience reached was a group of young adults whom Claire had various connections with. However, it was initially prompted by looking at the photos taken by her and her friends. The photos chosen have an emphasis on group dynamics and friendship. 

New Visions is a curatorial project that highlights the creativity of the Griffin Museum Curatorial Internship Program. Throughout their time at the museum, each student develops a thesis statement or curatorial vision, connects with artists, selects images, writes texts and produces an online exhibition finding new ways to express their creativity through a curatorial practice.

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