Griffin Museum of Photography

The Human Landscape: Photographs by Karin Rosenthal

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Karin Rosenthal has dedicated her photographic career to exploring human experience via nudes in the landscape. Work from three different periods that expand the genre in disparate ways, will be on display.

The Griffin Gallery will showcase color images from her “Tide Pool” Series. Her more recent “Inheriting Loss” images, exploring family history and life’s fragility, will be featured in the Atelier Gallery accompanied by some of her earlier “Nudes in Water”.

Program Events
May 22 at 3PM Artists’ Dialogue – The Nude: From Object to Subject (Register Here)
Part 1: Teaching the Nude
Part 2: Collaborations
Event Description: Arguably the most controversial genre in photography, the Nude is loaded with cultural stereotypes and degrading projections. It also has tremendous potential for wide-ranging, meaningful expression. Karin will discuss her approach to teaching the Nude, followed by workshop students who will dialogue with the model about some of their best collaborations. Joining Karin in conversations about various images in the exhibition will be Jim Baab, Jim Banta, Pippi Ellison, Moti Hodis, Doug Johnson, Ron St. Jean and Tony Schwartz.

June 7 at 7PM Artist Talk -Journeying Within the Human Landscape with Karin Rosenthal

Karin Rosenthal has photographed nudes in the landscape since 1975, finding resonances between body and nature first in traditional photography and, more recently, in digital photography. In this talk, she draws from a variety of series to convey the evolution and range of her motivations and explorations. Using the alchemy of light, water, and the human figure, Rosenthal creates, with one click of the shutter, abstractions and illusions that challenge us to see beyond the predictable.

37 Photographers: One Model

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Photographs by: Jim Baab, Sudha Basavaraj, Richard Dana, Bill Davison, Yair Egozy, Pippi Ellison, Jim Fesler, Maria Fonseca, David Fox, Tim Heatwole, Moti Hodis, Jerrie Hurd, Doug Johnson, Catherine King, Ryck Lent, Richard Lord, Chris McFarlane, Sepp Meier, Yair Melamed, Ralph Mercer, Thomas Mikelson, Judith Monteferrante, David Parish, Lisa Pelonzi, Lee Post, Larry Pratt, Kathleen Ranney, Karin Rosenthal, Steve Schmidt, Tony Schwartz, Ron St. Jean, Jim Strong, David Thomas. Anthony Wallen, Len Ward, Trish Wright and David Weinberg.

Karin Rosenthal has mentored many on how to photograph nudes in the landscape. Using her students as a base, Karin invited all those who photographed a dancer in his fifties to submit images. Karin juried work from 36 workshop students to create this exhibition in which students and mentor show side by side. The common thread that holds the exhibit together is that the same male model is included in every photograph.

Program Events
May 22 at 3PM Artists’ Dialogue – The Nude: From Object to Subject
Part 1: Teaching the Nude
Part 2: Collaborations

Event Description: Event Description: Arguably the most controversial genre in photography, the Nude is loaded with cultural stereotypes and degrading projections. It also has tremendous potential for wide-ranging, meaningful expression. Karin will discuss her approach to teaching the Nude, followed by workshop students who will dialogue with the model about some of their best collaborations. Joining Karin in conversations about various images in the exhibition will be Jim Baab, Jim Banta, Pippi Ellison, Moti Hodis, Doug Johnson, Ron St. Jean and Tony Schwartz.

June 7 at 7PM Artist Talk -Journeying Within the Human Landscape with Karin Rosenthal

Karin Rosenthal has photographed nudes in the landscape since 1975, finding resonances between body and nature first in traditional photography and, more recently, in digital photography. In this talk, she draws from a variety of series to convey the evolution and range of her motivations and explorations. Using the alchemy of light, water, and the human figure, Rosenthal creates, with one click of the shutter, abstractions and illusions that challenge us to see beyond the predictable.

Griffin Museum Portfolio 2015 at DSI

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In late 2015, I invited ten photographers to participate in a limited edition portfolio for the museum. A print from the museum’s founder Arthur Griffin was also included. The photographers are: Caleb Cole, Blake Fitch, Matthew Gamber, Arthur Griffin, Stella Johnson, Lou Jones, Brian Kaplan, Asia Kepka, Greer Muldowney, Neal Rantoul and Aline Smithson.

The portfolio is not a definitive study on photography, rather it is a sampling of contemporary photographers who have made their mark on the medium and have contributed greatly to shaping the spirit of the museum. In my thinking about these eleven photographers I chose images that seemed to hold together as a collective parcel and would continue to endure.

Paula Tognarelli
Executive Director and curator
Griffin Museum of Photography

OH, HOW SHE BLOOMS! III Photographs by Symone Walker

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“The Black woman is the most unprotected, unloved woman on earth…
She is the only flower on earth…that grows unwatered.” — Kola Boof

“Oh, How She Blooms! III” is rooted in her interest in the quote by Kola Boof. The symbolism of dried floral, epoxy resin, and portraits is a physical manifestation of her glorification of Black women. These handmade sculptures are a visual representation of her desire to preserve and protect Black women; to keep them blooming infinitely.

“Oh, How She Blooms! III” is featured in the Hall Gallery at the Griffin Museum April 7 through May 1, 2016. An opening reception takes place on May 1, 2016, 4-7:00 PM.

Symone is a California native, residing in Georgia. She currently attends Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, GA seeking her BFA in Photography. “I consider myself an image-maker,” says Walker. My work ranges from effervescent to nostalgic. I enjoy all aspects of documentary and fine art photography and I explore other fine art mediums including sculpture, installation art, and printmaking.”

ARCIMBOLDISM Photographs by Klaus Enrique

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Klaus Enrique photographs different parts of the human anatomy that he shapes with different organic elements. He tells us “I saw a face where no face existed.” In each photograph he captures “our powers of abstraction, a power that is uniquely human.”

Klaus Enrique’s “Arcimboldism” will be featured in the Griffin Museum’s Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham Theatre in Stoneham, MA, April 27 – July 7, 2016.

A reception will be May 18, 2016 at 6:30-8:30 p.m.

“Working on a photograph in which I surrounded a human eye with thousands of dried leaves, I was struck by the idea for this project: “make face with leaves”, I wrote down.” says Enrique.

After extensive research Enrique found out that someone had already created a similar idea, he explained, “Knowing that other people before and after Arcimboldo had done similar work was not reason enough for me to create my own series, however. For me the reason came from my own original moment of Pareidolia. I saw a face where no face existed. The reality was simply hundreds of leaves randomly arranged over a human eye. Yet my mind was telling me that a face was there.”

Born in 1975, Klaus Enrique grew up in Mexico City. He studied genetics at the University of Nottingham, England, and received an MBA from Columbia Business School in the City of New York. Enrique was a freelance SAP consultant before he turned to photography, which he studied at Parsons and at the School of Visual Arts. Enrique began to receive worldwide attention in 2007 when his portrait of “Mother & Daughter” was considered for the Photographic Portrait Prize at Britain’s National Portrait Gallery. Subsequently, Enrique has been nominated and short listed for various awards. In 2011, Klaus Enrique was the winner of Photo District News Curator Award / Emerging Artist of the Year for Still Photography. In 2013, Enrique’s “Vertumnus” was included in “The History of Still Life in Ten Masterpieces”, as the Tenth Masterpiece alongside works by Cezanne, Goya, and Warhol. In 2015, Enrique was commissioned to create the Peter & Gwen Norton Family Christmas Card. Enrique’s work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Leslie/Lohman Museum and the Haggerty Museum of Art. He currently lives in New York City.

The Flash Forward Festival

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The Flash Forward Festival Boston is pleased to be hosting its fourth annual undergraduate exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography. The exhibition opens in the Atelier Gallery and Griffin Gallery of the Griffin Museum from April 7 through May 1, 2016. A reception will be held at the Griffin Museum on May 1 from 4 PM until 7 PM.

This cross section of talent represent some of the best college Juniors and Seniors enrolled in a college photography program in any of the New England States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont, during the 2015–2016 academic year. All formats and categories of photography were accepted to highlight the vast talents of these future photography professionals and artists.

The jurors for the exhibition were Greer Muldowney and Camilo Ramirez. Greer Muldowney serves as an active member of the Board for the Griffin Museum of Photography, and currently teaches at Boston College, Boston University and Lesley University College of Art and Design. Camilo Ramirez currently lives and works in Boston, MA where he serves as SPE Northeast Regional Vice-Chair and Assistant Professor of Photography at Emerson College.

Featured Students

  • Rafaela Acero, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Oliva Becchio, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Marissa Ciampi, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Melissa, D’Acunto, New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA)
  • Jenna DeLuca, New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA)
  • Emma Fishman, Emerson College
  • Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, Boston College
  • Sophie Gibbings, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Meaghan Hardy-Lavoie, Clark University
  • Marissa Iamartino, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Candice Jackson, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Regan Kenny, University of Southern Maine
  • Rachel Martin, New England School of Photography (NESOP)
  • Joshua Mathews, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Sun Park, Emerson College
  • Kolin Perry, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Ben Rapkin, New England School of Photography (NESOP)
  • Hannah Richman, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Kathryn Riley, Boston College
  • Jillian Ryan, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
  • Sloane Volpe, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Evan Walsh, Emerson College
  • Rebecca Warner, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • Lee Wormald, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Yiran Zheng, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Aaron Zwain, Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI)

Aline Smithson: Self & Others

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After almost 20 years this project has come together capturing the photographer’s curiosity and vivid childhood memories. She has photographed the world around her considering the poignancy of childhood and the pathos of aging and relationships. “Portraiture.” as said by Aline Smithson, “is like taking mental photographs from infancy.” In our exhibition, we feature the unique autobiography she has made for herself, where she combines humor and family to create a universal expression.

“Self and Others,” an exhibition featuring the work of Aline Smithson, will showcase in the Main Gallery of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA from April 7th through May 1, 2016. A reception and book signing will take place on May 1st from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. RSVP is required. Please RSVP here

Also, this reception will kick off the Flash Forward Boston Festival!

Growing up in California, Aline Smithson studied art at the College of Creative Studies, a school within the University of Santa Barbara. Currently, living and working in Los Angeles, she has established a name for herself in the art world. Aline has exhibited through the U.S. and has received a number of awards such as Rising Star Award through the Griffin Museum of Photography for her contributions to the photographic community. In 2015, she was awarded First Place Portraiture in the 7th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers and again received the Julia Margaret Cameron Award in the 8th Edition. Also she is the founder of Lenscratch, a blogzine, where she focuses on different contemporary photographers. In addition, Aline has curated and juried exhibitions for a number of galleries, organizations and online magazines. In 2012 she was overall juror for Review Santa Fe. In 2015 the Magenta Foundation released a retrospective monograph of her Photographs.

In her book, “Self and Others,” she explains, “I studied art in college, focusing on large conceptual abstract oil paintings inspired by Rothko and Diebenkorn, but the one regret that I had as an artist was that I couldn’t paint a meaningful portrait.“

Through photography, Aline was able to express a different form of portraiture, ”As an artist, I try to look for or create moments that are at once familiar, yet unexpected. The odd juxtapositions that we find in life are worth exploring, whether it is with humor, compassion, or by simply taking the time to see them.”

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[Photo]gogues 2016

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[Photo]gogues]: New England is not a definitive study of New England Photography Pedagogues, rather it is a sampling of faculty members from the region. Paula Tognarelli and Frances Jakubek, executive director and associate director of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA, invited nine photography instructors to exhibit their work during the Flash Forward Photography Festival 2016 in Boston.

The exhibition will run April 11, 2016 until September 1, 2016

The nine invited instructors are:
Amy Thompson Avishai, Massachusetts College of Art; Sue Ann Hodges, New England School of Photography; Angela Mittiga, Lesley University College of Art and Design; Dana Mueller, Massachusetts College of Art, Glen Scheffer, New Hampshire Institute of Art; Stephen Sheffield, New Hampshire Institute of Art; Ben Sloat, Lesley University College of Art and Design; Jessica Somers, Lesley University College of Art and Design; Stephen Tourlentes, Massachusetts College of Art.

Our sincere thank you to the Lafayette City Center, the Downtown Boston BID, Magenta Foundation and the Flash Forward Festival Boston 2016 for allowing the Griffin Museum to bring [Photo]gogues to Boston for a fourth year

Photography Atelier 23

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The Photography Atelier 23 will present an exhibit of student and faculty artwork from March 10th to April 3rd, 2016. The Atelier is a course for intermediate and advanced photographers offered by the Griffin Museum of Photography. You are invited to come view the photographs at the Griffin Museum of Photography, 67 Shore Road, Winchester, Massachusetts 01890. On Thursday, March 10th, the public is invited to attend the artists’ reception from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Work by Atelier 23 members includes:
Andy Schirmer: Vanishing Points, explores how the evolution of pattern recognition in humans has produced both survival skills and aesthetics;
Amy Rindskopf: Dreamed Botany, unexpected views from the greenhouse;
Claudia Gustafson: Indelible Memories, is about the internal landscapes of the human experience. The themes for this series come from the artist’s time growing up in Lima, Peru;
Darrell Roak: Solitude, features very simple subjects, including abandoned structures and landscapes;
Dawn Colsia: Celebration of Trees, includes a Kauri tree from a New Zealand rainforest and a Dawn Redwood from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts;
Donna Tramontozzi: Optical Shards, reflections worth a second look;
Jessica Wolfe: Flora, a series of macro photos that provide a surprising glimpse into exotic flowers and everyday beauty;
Judith Panagotopulos: Aging, represents things that with age have lost their utility but have gained beauty in the processes of aging;
Jurgen Kedesdy: Crossing The Merrimack, is a project documenting each of the 45 bridges that cross the Merrimack River in New Hampshire and Massachusetts;
Kathleen Herr-Zaya: Urban Reflections;
Mary Buonanno: Ripened Beauty, images that explore the affect that aging has on organic matter and how the aging process reveals a different type of beauty;
Randi Freundlich: Children of the World/Boston, portraits (and stories) of children from immigrant families living in Boston;
Rick Branscomb: Boston at Night, concentrates on dark, atmospheric views of Boston.
Ruth Nelson: In Your Face -The Mannequins Look Back, shows the mannequins as active participants, looking at the camera as though they were human, with consciousness and attitude, meeting the world in their individual ways;
Silke Hase: Ocean’s Edge, a project that reflects the artist’s love of water and photography, using the historic wet plate collodion process.
Stephanie Smith: Once Upon a Time, a collaboration between the artist and her 15-year-old daughter, exploring fantasy and reality;
Stephen Shapiro: The Interesting Life of Bubbles, a study of bubbles in motion;
Sally Chapman: Yards of Faith, a project that studies the public proclamations of faith in the artist’s neighborhood; and
Trelawney Goodell: REFLECTIONS: A Moment in Time, shows images reflected on the surface of a building tell us about the surrounding environment, the lighting at that moment, and the surface on which the image is reflected.

Instructor Meg Birnbaum will be available to discuss the Photography Atelier at the reception on March 10th with anyone interested in joining the class.

Nicole Harrington, Hand Painted

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Hand Painted
My experiences in the darkroom have me hands on with the chemicals. I saw the results of this on the paper, but I couldn’t see how they physically reacted with my hand. That lead to this body of work, Hand Painted. I wanted to literally see how the chemicals ran and spread on my hands; how the two responded to each other to create what I was seeing on the paper.

BIO
Nicole Harrington, who was born and raised in Nebraska, has enjoyed photography since childhood. Running around her grandmother’s home with a 110 film camera taking pictures of the cats. She, however, didn’t fall in love with photography until her high school darkroom class. There, her wonderfully supportive teacher allowed Nicole to follow her own path. After a few years away from photography, she felt something was missing and returned to shooting again while teaching English in South Korea; and the spark was reborn. She found it was a way for her to explore the new culture she found herself becoming a part of. Upon returning to the states she began the study of photography at the New England School of Photography. She graduated in June of 2015. She specializes in black and white fine art and architectural photography.

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