Griffin Museum of Photography

Nourish

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“Nourish” is an exhibition consisting of five photographers’ work that is inspired by food as subject matter. Each artist makes a connection with food in a unique way.

“Nourish” assembled by the Griffin Museum of Photography is brought to the Lafayette City Center Passageway from September 11 through January 3, 2016. The Passageway links Macy’s with the Hyatt Regency Hotel. An artist reception date is to be determined.

Amy Rindskopf of Winchester focuses on the aftermath of a meal, while Francine Zaslow chooses unknown foods from different cultures. Brookline artist David Weinberg bridges his fascination with ancient manuscripts and fruits and vegetables that he photographs in his studio. Lynn Karlin photographs the bounty from her Maine farm in a way that depicts a quiet and sculptural still life reminiscent of the Dutch masters. David Lancaster of Lexington photographs in his kitchen using the day’s simple light while preparing the evening meal.

PHOTOGRAPHY ATELIER 22

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The Photography Atelier 22 and Atelier 2.0 will present an exhibit of student artwork from September 10th to September 28th, 2015. The Atelier is a course for intermediate and advanced photographers offered by the Griffin Museum of Photography. The Atelier 2.0 is a peer and facilitator critique class. You are invited to come view the photographs at the Griffin Museum, 67 Shore Road, Winchester, Massachusetts 01890.

On Thursday, September 10th, the public is invited to attend the artists’ opening night reception from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Griffin Museum.

Photography Atelier Instructor and Photographer Meg Birnbaum shared, “The Photography Atelier has such a long and rich history, I’m honored to be leading this workshop for emerging photographers with Amy Rindskopf assisting. The talent among the 18 members of this group show is varied and inspiring — from our relationship with animals, landscapes, and still life arrangements, to exploding light bulbs and motherhood — the show is very satisfying feast for the eyes and soul.”

Work by 2015 Atelier members includes:
Meredith Abenaim: The One Love Project, images exploring mothering an only child; Gregory Albertson: Terra Incognita, alternative landscapes of unexplored worlds; Amy Thompson Avishai: Long Days, Short Years, photographs of her two young daughters that explore time passing and the freedom to be; Vicki Diez-Canseco; Miren Etcheverry: Recollection, revisiting collected objects and recalling the memories they evoke; Roger Galburt: Bulb Spirits, photographs of normal incandescent light bulbs, broken and exposed to air, quickly releasing white smoke; Jess Hauserman: Either, Or, diptychs discussing the public restroom experience through gender ideologies; Tira Khan: What Was/What Is: Remembrance of My Father, photographs layering past memories with present day landscapes; Lee Kilpatrick: Patterns of Prosperity, a panoramic view of consumer choice in the United States; Cheryl Prevost: Abstract Elements, abstracted relationships of natural elements manifested throughout nature; Amy Rindskopf: Left Over, images from a quiet kitchen; Janet Smith: Sticks & Stones, tranquil and whimsical images of these found objects; Joseph Staska: Dream Boats-Abandoned Ships, a photo series of boats representing lost dreams; Donna Tramontozzi: When Animals Meet, images of moments when humans and animals connect; Piet Visser: Eye of the Storm, photographs celebrating solitude and tranquility in a frantic and complicated world; Andrea Waxler: Horses, Top Hats and Old Hollywood, power, elegance, grace, and a touch of Old Hollywood; David Whitney: The Nature of Cities, images capturing interactions between natural and urban environments; Julie Williams-Krishnan: Seven-Eight, laying straight images of childhood objects.

Atelier 2.0 artists include Bob Avakian, Nan Collins, James Hunt, David Feigenbaum , Astrid Reischwitz, Amy Rindskopf and Ellen Slotnick

About the class:
Photography Atelier, in its nineteenth year, is a unique portfolio-making course for emerging to advanced photographers. In addition to guidance and support in the creation of a body of work, the class prepares artists to market, exhibit, and present their work to industry professionals. Each participant in the Atelier presents a final project in the form of a print portfolio, a photographic book or album, a slide show, or a mixed media presentation. In every Atelier, students hang a gallery exhibition and produce work for their own pages on the Atelier website. To see the photography of present and past Atelier students and teachers, please visit www.photographyatelier.org. Instructor Meg Birnbaum will be happy to discuss the Photography Atelier at the reception on September 10th with anyone interested in joining the class.

Photo critique is a critically important element of the Photography Atelier and is the main focus of Atelier 2.0. There are invited guest speakers every other class who discuss their photographic trajectory and creative process.

Carol Isaak Layers of Illusion

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Carol Isaak ‘s photographs are what she calls “optical jokes about three dimensional space that is compressed into two dimensions eliciting questions about the subject.”

Isaak’s’ Layers of Illusion will be featured in the Griffin Museum’s Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham Theatre in Stoneham, MA, August 27-November 5, 2015. It runs parallel to the theater’s productions of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and “Luna Gale.”

A reception is September 3, 2015, from 6:30-8:30pm. The artist will be present and give an informal talk about the exhibition.

“The portfolio Layers of Illusion is an inquiry into what is hidden and what is revealed; what is real and what is artificial; what is on top and what is underneath, and how we identify those aspects that are juxtaposed in these photographs,” says Issac. “Some of the images are painted onto tarpaulins covering something else, some are translucent, or perhaps they are pierced.”

Originally from New York City, Isaak attended Cooper Union where she first experienced photography. Isaak currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Selections from her work have been featured in exhibitions in Lishui, China; PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont; A Smith Gallery Texas; Blue Sky Gallery; University of Oregon Law School Gallery, and Camerawork Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

See more of Carol Isaak’s work in the Virtual Gallery

Carol Isaak, Myanmar Tapestry

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Because Myanmar (formally called Burma), abuts southern China, it is
easy to imagine that one is an extension of the other. But, nineteen
thousand foot high mountains divide the two countries, creating by
necessity distinct cultures. In Myanmar, although primarily a Buddhist
country, there is also a vibrant under-culture of animism, identified
by “nat shrines” dedicated to the spirits of local heroes, who have
attained a state in which they can answer prayers. Myanmar is a place
in which the religion(s) and the society in general are completely
intertwined. Weaving together the profoundly religious aspects of the
Burmese people with their love of storytelling manifests in the puppet
theater, which is the value carrier of cultural myth and is also
employed to safely voice political criticism. The images in Myanmar
Tapestry are drawn from aspects of this complex society.

Mark Thayer

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This seascape series began in January of 2014. I live on the north shore of Massachusetts, within sight of the ocean, and I’ve spent many hundreds of hours patrolling the New England coastline, observing and discovering the personalities of its many beaches and rocky shores. The weather, the tide, and the terrain all play a part in how that interaction between land, sea and atmosphere displays itself. Remarkably, even with all those variables, each spot exhibits a unique character.

No other zone on earth so clearly conveys the pulse of our living planet. To stand at the edge of the sea, feeling the tug of a receding wave, is to have a finger on that pulse. This boundary layer, this ecotone, gives life to a third, and wholly mesmerizing, environment. The shore exerts is influence over the ocean openly and often flamboyantly as it trips each successive swell, while the sea molds sand and stone with a (sometimes only marginally) more patient hand.

One goal of these images is to reveal the relationship between wet an dry that goes deeper than an all-encompassing landscape. I search for personality traits, quirks, and tells that are peculiar to each seaside locale without ignoring the vastness to which it is connected.

Another more personal goal is to share my lifelong love for these places. I’ve played in the surf as a kid and later with my own kids. I’ve been soothed by it’s calm and humbled by it’s strength. We all have witnessed the incredible power of the ocean, yet I am often more impressed by it’s subtleties and little surprises. I still get a powerful sense of anticipation and a little adrenaline spike every time I approach the coast. Some of it comes from my expectation of new photographs and the rest from somewhere more primal.

Mark Thayer
Fine Art Photographer

A 1978 graduate of the New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts, Mark Thayer began shooting commercial assignments while still in school. After a successful stint as staff photographer for a Boston-area advertising firm, he opened his own studio in 1983, and acquired such noted clients as Bose Audio, Titleist Golf, Bell Helmets, Raleigh Bicycles, Fischer Skis, Chase Bank, Hewlett Packard and American Express, to name just a few.

Mark developed a love of fine art photography in school and has never lost the desire to express his personal vision. His focus has been primarily on natural and urban landscapes.

After decades of building large portfolios of fine art photography, Mark finally decided to seek public venues for his art. He had his inaugural show at the True North Gallery in Hamilton, Massachusetts in September of 2012. He has since shown at several corporate gallery spaces in the Boston area.

Mark lives in Beverly with his wife Andi, he is an avid mountain biker and cross-country skier, and enjoys a fine IPA.

Steven Duede: Critic’s Pic

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Statement:
In much of my work I’m dealing with subjects that are in a transitory state. The Evanescence series features images from composted organic materials. In this body of work I’m exploring the mechanics of transition through time, neglect and natural decomposition. I hope to establish images that can be beautiful and chaotic. Subjects that in their own specific way function as a part of a transient process. This ongoing series has been developed over the past two years and included are some of the newest selections.

Bio:
Having studied painting and photography at the Kansas City Art Institute, then, for a time owning and operating a small music shop and gallery, I’ve devoted much of life to making art and working in creative environments. For years I worked in painting and mixed media before transitioning from those disciplines to working exclusively in photography. I’ve been living and working in the Boston area since 2001.

Noritaka Minami 1972

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Noritaka Minami has been photographing the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo for the past four years.

Minami’s series is featured in the Atelier Gallery at the Griffin Museum of Photography July 9th through August 30th, 2015. An opening reception will take place on July 9th, 2015 from 7-8:30pm.

The architect Kisho Kurokawa completed the tower in 1972. “As a building attached with 140 removable apartment units, the Nakagin Capsule Tower embodies the future of urban living as envisioned by Kurokawa in postwar Japan,” states Minami. He also says that, “the building is a reminder of a future that was never realized in society at large and exists as an architectural anachronism within the city.“

Kurokawa’s plan was to mass-produce the capsules. Despite this, the tower is still one of a kind and will more than likely be demolished to make way for a more modern apartment complex. Each 10 foot square unit within the Nakagin Capsule Tower was built identically. Today the units are in various states depicting the personality and needs of the occupants. Minami photographs the apartments from a consistent frontal perspective that speaks to a passage of time and shows a diverted route from the foreseen path envisioned by the architect.

Noritaka Minami is an artist and educator based in Boston. He currently is a teaching fellow at Harvard University in Photography as well as a visiting faculty member at the Museum School. He received a BA in Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 and a MFA in Studio Art from the University of California, Irvine in 2011. He has exhibited widely in the United States, was a recipient of an artist residency from the Center of Photography at Woodstock and his book “1972” will be published by Kehrer Verlag this year.

21st Juried Show: The Peter Urban Legacy Exhibition

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The juror for the Griffin’s Juried show this year was Jim Casper. Jim started LensCulture in 2004 to explore the diverse ways photography is used in the arts, media and daily life in cultures around the world. Since then, Lens Culture has grown to be regarded as a highly valuable, engaging and inspiring resource for photographers, students and art lovers. In 2010, Jim teamed up with international partners to launch the annual LensCulture FotoFest Paris portfolio reviews, which brought together participants from over 45 countries each November. Prior to Lens Culture, Jim served as founder and president of Casper Design Group for 20 years, an international branding and corporate communications design firm based in Berkeley, CA. He currently lives in Paris.

“The 2015 Griffin Awards attracted remarkably diverse, sophisticated and refined submissions from photographers who explore their art across many genres,” says Casper.
The 21tst Griffin Museum Juried Exhibition is on display in the Main Gallery of the Griffin Museum July 9 through August 30, 2015. An opening reception is July 9, 7-8:30 p.m. with exhibit awardee Dave Jordano in attendance. Dave Jordano will do a lecture at 5:00 PM at the Griffin Museum in Winchester. The event is free to members and $7 to nonmembers. It requires an RSVP. The opening reception is free to all but also requires an RSVP. Photographer Lindsey Beal will do a members’ talk at 6:30 pm on July 9, 2015.

Casper also says that, “The 54 photographs in my selection represent a delightful range of approaches — each of which somehow celebrates the idea and the medium of photography itself — as well as the wild worlds we live in physically and in our imaginations. It’s a joy to discover so many creative people who are so fluent in the visual language of photography.”
For the second year the 21st Juried Show is held in honor of the legacy of Peter Urban a celebrated, Boston-based photographer who passed away in 2009 after a long battle with cancer. Urban was renowned for his success in both the commercial and artistic realm. In the spirit of Peter’s success creating a career with a balance of commercial and artistic work, his family has partnered with the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston and the Griffin Museum of Photography to produce opportunities for other photographers to grow their careers.

Alongside the juried exhibition, the Arts and Business Council is again organizing a series of professional development workshops presented by a diverse range of thought leaders as a legacy to Peter Urban. These workshops will share instrumental ideas, methods and tools to help build the business and legal foundation of a thriving artistic practice.

The Peter Urban Legacy Award went to Dave Jordano. The Arthur Griffin Legacy Award went to Kay Kenny and the Griffin Award went to Susan DeLeo.

The photographers are: Jeremy Ackman, Ron Anderson, Matt Cegelis, Kindra Clineff, Debi Cornwall, Peter Curran, Susan DeLeo, Marcus DeSieno, Francisco Diaz and Deb Young, Corinne DiPietro, Barbara Ford Doyle, Daniel Duarte, Pippi Ellison, Rachel Ellner, Odette England, Ellen Feldman, Hiroshi Imai, Doug Johnson, Dave Jordano, Matthew Kamholtz, Lynn Karlin, Aubrey J. Kauffman, Marky Kauffmann, Steven Keirstead, Kay Kenny, Lee Kilpatrick, Michael Kriegh, Margaret Lampert, Isa Leshko, Cristina Llerena, Richard Coty, Darrell Matsumoto, Charles Mazel, Lisa McCarty, Ralph Mercer, Nick Meyer, Nancy Newberry, Barbara Peacock, Lisa Redburn, Dale M. Reid, Katherine Richmond, Brian Rosa, Russ Rowland, Don Russell, Hope Schreiber, Michael Seif, Wendy Seller, David Shannon-Lier, Marie Triller, Cara Lee Wade, Paul Wainwright, Sandra Chen Weinstein, Dianne Yudelson and Kalman Zabarsky.

The Griffin Museum of Photography has selected four photographers from the juried show submissions for future exhibitions in 2015. These photographers are:
Rebecca Clark, Eliot Dudik, Cassandra Klos and Molly Lamb

Lindsey Beal Transmission

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Lindsey Beal’s work usually combines history with contemporary women’s lives and feminism with historical photographic processes. She is interested in the photograph as object and often includes sculpture, papermaking and artist books into her work.

The photographs in Transmission were created using open-source imagery from the Center for Disease Control. The images are microscopic views of bacteria from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Beal altered the images and then converted the imagery into digital negatives. From these negatives Beal made cyanotypes and embedded the prints in resin within Petri dishes.
Beal’s series, Transmission, is featured in the Griffin Gallery at the Griffin Museum of Photography July 9th through August 30th, 2015. An opening reception will take place on July 9th, 2015 from 7-8:30pm. Dave Jordano will do a talk at 5pm at the museum. The talk is free for members and $7 for nonmembers. The talks and receptions require an RSVP. Lindsey Beal will lead a members’ talk at 6:30pm before the reception. The talk and reception are free and open to the public with an RSVP.

“What once seemed like a scary yet treatable nuisance or temporary problem is becoming a major public-health concern,” says Beal. “Although we should have eradicated these long ago, bacterial STDs continue to exist. Frighteningly, they are beginning to mutate and become drug resistant; gonorrhea specifically has outgrown our current treatments,” she says. “The bacterial STDs [in exhibit] (BV, Chlamydia, Trichomonas, Gonorrhea and Syphilis) can be silent for women and have little to no symptoms for men: they reveal themselves mainly through medical tests. Without testing, the cycle continues: without noticeable symptoms, no treatments are received; without treatments, the infections are unknowingly passed to others.”

Lindsey Beal is a photographer and professor of photography at Rhode Island College and the New Hampshire Institute of Art graduate program. She received her MFA in Photography from the University of Iowa and a certificate in Book Arts at the University of Iowa as well. Her work has been shown at national museums, galleries & universities and included in various public & private collections, including the Kinsey Institute and the Indie Photobook Library. She has been featured on LensCulture, Light Leaked, & 365 Artists and has been published in Diffusion, The Hand, View Camera and 500 Handmade Books Volume Two. She recently earned a travel grant from Duke University and an Honorable Mention for Center Forward 2014 at the Center for Fine Art Photography. She resides in Rhode Island.

Courtesy of Panopticon Gallery

Chris Anthony, Seas Without a Shore

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Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Chris Anthony’s photographs are fashioned from his childhood fiction-filled reading habits. He was drawn to characters from mythology, to mystery and horror stories and to poems by Edgar Allen Poe. His favorite protagonists include deities, devils and demi –gods, hobos, princes, nymphs and fishermen and the seahorse or mythical hippocampi. The title of his exhibition comes from a line in one of Poe’s poems called Dream-Land. “Seas Without a Shore reflects the woes of all those sea-faring nomads, survivors and otherwise peculiar characters marching about and standing for portraits in the ocean surf [in my photographs],” says Chris Anthony.

A series of Anthony’s photographs called “Seas Without a Shore,” is featured at the Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton St., Belmont, MA, on June 16, 2015 through September 11, 2015. An opening reception will take place July 23, 2015 from 6-8 p.m.

“I was smitten with Edgar Allen Poe’s imagery,” says Anthony. “I also remember a vintage movie poster that hung on my Aunt Maggie’s living room in Stockholm from the 1934 film, The Black Cat,” he says. “The disembodied heads of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi that zoomed across a blackened vortex of a cat’s silhouette made a huge impact on me. Their facial expressions were terrifying. The poster didn’t scare me though. It thrilled me.”

Chris Anthony creates the props and costumes for the scenes in his photographs. The pieces are a combination of archival pigment prints and wet plate collodion assemblages, a process developed in the mid-19th century. He uses modern day equipment as well as antiquarian processes. The ocean backdrop is Venice Beach in California.

Born in Sweden, Anthony currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. His work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Stockholm, Brooklyn, Hong Kong, Washington D.C., London, Bath, San Francisco and is included in many private and public collections around the world. Publications that have featured Anthony and his work include the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Photo District News, Eyemazing, Art News, American Photo, Blink, Paper, Photo+, GUP, Fraction Magazine, Nylon, Black Book, Juxtapoz, Zoom, Angeleno, The Huffington Post, Corrierre della Serra and LA Weekly. Clients include Chiat/Day, Sony Playstation, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Republic Records, Warner Music, Los Angeles Magazine, Hollywood Records, Reprise, Stuttgart City Ballet, Myspace Records, Dell and USC.
The exhibit is open to the public Mondays through Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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