Griffin Museum of Photography

Photography Atelier 20

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Photography Atelier 20 will present an exhibit of student artwork from September 11 through October 5, 2014 at the Griffin Museum of Photography, 67 Shore Road, Winchester, Massachusetts 01890. Photography Atelier is a course for intermediate and advanced photographers offered by the Griffin Museum of Photography and taught by Karen Davis and course assistant, Meg Birnbuam.

On Thursday, September 11, the public is invited to view the artwork and meet the artists at a reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Photography Atelier 20 members include:
Lora Brody, Bill Davison, Mary Eaton, Miren Etcheverry, Ellen Feldman, Cassandra Goldwater, Ed Grossman, Sunny Gupta, Claudia Gustafson, Ileana Hernandez, David Hiley, Tira Khan, Carol Krauss, Helena Long, Tricia O’Neill, Vivian Pratt, Astrid Reischwitz, Andrea Rosenthal, Glenn Ruga, Joyce Saler, Stephen Shapiro, Pip Shepley, Ellen Slotnick, Joe Turner , Maria Verrier, Cindy Weisbert

About the class:
Photography Atelier, in its twentieth 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. Fall, 2014 Instructor Meg Birnbaum, will be happy to discuss the Photography Atelier at the reception on September 11 with anyone interested in joining the class.

R. Lee Post Anima Mundi @ Cambridge Homes

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R. Lee Post has been finding appearances of Anima Mundi when photographing in the natural world. Anima Mundi is described by Jungian psychologist as “that soul-spark, that seminal image, which offers itself through each thing in its visible form.”

A series of Post’s photographs, Anima Mundi, is featured at the Griffin Museum at The Cambridge Homes in Cambridge MA, September 9 through November 3, 2014.

“In unexpected places I discover and photograph fantastic faces, lyrical dancers, cartoon characters, archetypal figures and sometimes surreal or demonic subjects, “ says Post. “These appearances are often like Rorchach imagery with multiple interpretations.” She adds, “By photographing my interpretations of Anima Mundi, I hope to encourage others to see more soulfully and become more aware that spirit permeates everything.”

R. Lee Post is a Cambridge-based photographer and a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design receiving her MFA in photography studying with Harry Callahan and other photography greats.

Asia Kepka and Lynn Dowling, Horace and Agnes – A Love Story

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A Collaboration between photographer Asia Kepka and writer Lynn Dowling

On a hot July day, we dressed ourselves up with masks borrowed from a friend and started shooting self-portraits. We were fascinated by these characters and immediately named them Horace and Agnes.

Once we gave them identity, their story began to unfold. They met through random circumstance and their love for each other is literally blind. They exemplify a fairy tale of what would be like to fall in love with the right person…just because.

Horace and Agnes, along with their friends, are inspired by people and stories from our past and present. Sometimes by family members and sometimes by strangers we have encountered. The photographs are memories brought to life once again- recreated with as much detail possible to make the viewer become immersed in this magical and unique world.

The process of creating each photograph can vary–sometimes it is a spontaneous accident and other times it is a painstakingly long process of wardrobe selection, set building and prop collection.

The identity of each person behind the mask is kept secret. It is an amazing and eclectic group of people throughout the country. It’s been fascinating to watch people being transformed almost immediately once they put on the mask and clothing. The characters they portray can be the complete opposite of who they are in real life. Sometimes a simple mask can give one the opportunity to embrace and challenge their usual selves.

Asia Kepka and Lynn Dowling

Bill Chapman, The Color of Baseball

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For Bill Chapman Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama represents the color of baseball. Over the course of 12 years Chapman has visited and photographed America’s oldest baseball park and its visitors. His friend, Dr. Ernest Withers, the master of social documentary photography who photographed the civil rights movement, told Bill Chapman countless stories of the Negro Leagues in Memphis and Birmingham. Withers introduced Chapman to the world of the Memphis Red Sox and the Birmingham Black Barons as well as Rickwood Field.

Bill Chapman’s The Color of Baseball will be featured in the Griffin Museum’s Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham Theatre in Stoneham, MA, August 14 – October 16, 2014. It runs parallel to the theater’s productions of “Picnic at Hanging Nook”, “Spamalot“, “Argonautika” and “Doubt, a Parable.”

A reception is August 20, 2014 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Bill Chapman says, “Rickwood [Field] is more than a well-preserved, century-old nostalgia piece. It is a sanctuary and haven for all of the players and fans of baseball that have played and passed though its gates over the years. Encapsulating more than just the charm of old parks, Rickwood has a unique charisma.”

Chapman is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art. He has been in numerous exhibitions and his photographs have populated many books on baseball. He is the staff photographer and columnist for Boston Baseball Magazine.

Mr. Chapman resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bill Chapman’s gallery talk on The Color of Baseball exhibit at Stoneham Theatre.

John Wyatt, Under my Skin

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Since 1976 John Wyatt has been photographing people in their own environments who are heavily tattooed. In his own words Wyatt says, “I selected people who were dedicated to tattoo art and compiling a collection of art on their body as an art collector accumulates art for their homes. My subjects were not getting tattooed because tattooing had suddenly become popular, or fashionable. For them, it was a way of life; a culture of tattooing.” Along with each black and white photograph, Wyatt has recorded audio of his subjects that has been transcribed into exhibition text.

A series of his images, “Under My Skin,” is featured at the Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton St., Belmont, MA, on July 24 through October 3, 2014. A reception and informal talk and book signing with the artist will take place October 2, 2014 from 6-8 p.m.

In February 2003 Schiffer Publishing LTD published Wyatt’s completed work in a book, which is titled “Under My Skin.”

John Wyatt was born in Brooklyn and now resides in New Jersey. John studied sociology and worked as a social worker for 33 years and as an administrator in the public sector. He has always had an interest in people and behavior. He has blended his interests in photography and culture in his project “Under My Skin.” Photographs from this project have been published in magazines and books and exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States. His work is in the collection of the Jersey City Museum.
The exhibit is open to the public Mondays through Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

HER in Founder’s Gallery

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Marjorie Salvaterra is a fine art photographer who according to Aline Smithson of Lenscratch “examines the journey of a woman as wife, mother, and person of the world.” Her images reveal “a fine line between sanity and insanity,” according to Virginia Heckart, Associate Curator of Photography at The Getty Center.

Salvaterra’s series, Her, is featured in the Griffin Gallery at the Griffin Museum July 10 through August 31, 2014. An opening reception with the artist is July 10, 7-8:30 p.m.

Ms. Salvaterra says that she takes inspiration from her own life in her photographs. “I try hard to do the best I can in all the roles of my life,” she says. “Sometimes on a certain day or a certain time of day, I am less than successful. My greatest achievement is as wife and mother of two.” She makes her home in Los Angeles, California.

“Marjorie remains for me a compelling new photographer,” says Kathleen Clark of the Eyeist. “She is capable of both poignancy and a buoyant sense of the absurd.”

A gallery talk by Aline Smithson will take place at 5:30 p.m. on July 10, 2014, prior to the opening reception for all exhibits. Members are free. Nonmembers $7. The reception is free to all.

A Singular Vision, Arthur Griffin

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Before he became known as “New England’s photographer laureate,” Arthur Griffin was an accomplished photojournalist. In the 1930’s and 40’s, Griffin served as the New England photojournalist for Life and Time magazines and was the exclusive photographer for the Boston Globe Rotogravure Magazine. Arthur Griffin: A Singular Vision, is an exhibition that focus solely on Griffin’s work as a photojournalist, will be on display in the Lafayette City Center Hallway that links Macy’s with the Hyatt Regency Hotel from July 16 through October 6, 2014.

“In conjunction with the renovation of the Lafayette City Center into a modern mixed-use office and retail center, we are excited to be promoting culture and arts in the district,” said David Epstein, president of the Abbey Group and owner of Lafayette City Center. “The vibrant nature of Downtown Boston continues to flourish with these types of unique and exciting happenings occurring on a regular basis making it one of the most dynamic neighborhoods in the city for both office workers and residents.”

The 1930’s – 1950’s were the golden age of photojournalism, and Griffin worked side by side with legends like Alfred Eisenstadt, Gordon Parks and Carl Mydans. The job of these photojournalists was to eyewitness great events and to do whatever they had to do to be on the scene. Their photographs needed to tell the story, not merely illustrate or adorn it.

“What makes the photographers of this era stand out from most of the photojournalists of today is that they could do everything – fashion, war, street scenes, celebrities – and they could do it all amazingly well,” explained Robert Sullivan, executive editor of LIFE and editor of the book The Great LIFE Photographers (Bulfinch). “Arthur Griffin was of this mode. He was capable of shooting anything and doing it very well. His photographs have an aesthetic quality that give them meaning and depth and a history that provides you with all you need to know about the people and places in the photograph.”

Demonstrating Griffin’s unique talent and storytelling ability, A Singular Vision brings together some of Griffin’s finest street photographs, sports photographs and portraits taken while on assignment. Griffin’s assignments had him covering the visits of luminaries like Herbert Hoover and Bette Davis, documenting tragedies such as the hurricane of 1938, and chronicling every day life and events like the Brockton Fair and swimmers at Revere Beach. Griffin’s photographs combined his impeccable sense for composition with a playful, kinetic quality that was a reflection of his personality and gave the photographs depth and meaning.

“After 1951, Arthur Griffin chose to move into more commercial work,” said Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum. “Many people aren’t aware of his journalistic work, or of his pioneering work with color film. Arthur Griffin’s contribution to the world of photography comes from his complete body of work. In the glory days of photojournalism, he was one of the great chroniclers of New England. We are very proud to be able to share his work, and his legacy, through this exhibition.”

Arthur Griffin: A Singular Vision, is an exhibition that focus solely on Griffin’s work as a photojournalist, will be on display in the Lafayette City Center Hallway that links Macy’s with the Hyatt Regency Hotel from July 16 through October 6, 2014.

Brian Sargent, Anatomy of a Corner

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Over the past 10 years I been documenting real estate projects in and around Manhattan as part of a larger body of streetwork that I’ve produced since moving to the city in the mid-nineties. I was initially drawn to the novelty of observing how, once shrouded in plywood, readily identifiable locals would be transformed into anonymous corners, as if Christo and Avedon co-conspired to emphasize the cities populace. One thing I found loathsome was the encroachment of the supersize vinyl advertisements which announced the impending arrival of the corporate brand that was to displace what may or may not have been a cherished only-in-NY institution. I was
only just recently made aware of my fellow New Yorker and photographer Natan Dvir, when he gained acclaim for his series “Coming Soon”, pictures of ostensibly the same subject matter. I find it interesting to compare our approaches particularly since we were photographing many of the same corners, each unaware of the other’s project. The images from Anatomy of a Corner are from a single intersection on 5th Avenue that I photographed over the course of 6 or 7 weeks during my lunch break. They are comprised of up to 4 or 5 vertical images whichI’ve stitched together in Photoshop, which allows for the grander sense of scale and slightly wider field of view I feel landscape work requires.

Brian Sargent Bio

HER

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Marjorie Salvaterra is a fine art photographer who according to Aline Smithson of Lenscratch “examines the journey of a woman as wife, mother, and person of the world.” Her images reveal “a fine line between sanity and insanity,” according to Virginia Heckart, Associate Curator of Photography at The Getty Center.

Salvaterra’s series, Her, is featured in the Griffin Gallery at the Griffin Museum July 10 through August 31, 2014. An opening reception with the artist is July 10, 7-8:30 p.m.

Ms. Salvaterra says that she takes inspiration from her own life in her photographs. “I try hard to do the best I can in all the roles of my life,” she says. “Sometimes on a certain day or a certain time of day, I am less than successful. My greatest achievement is as wife and mother of two.” She makes her home in Los Angeles, California.

“Marjorie remains for me a compelling new photographer,” says Kathleen Clark of the Eyeist. “She is capable of both poignancy and a buoyant sense of the absurd.”

A gallery talk by Aline Smithson will take place at 5:30 p.m. on July 10, 2014, prior to the opening reception for all exhibits. Members are free. Nonmembers $7. The reception is free to all.

Rafael Soldi, Sentiment

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Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian-born, Seattle-based photographer. His work is often quietly intimate and delivered from personal experience. In Sentiment Soldi re-counts the loss of the man he loved and his journey to redefine his life without him.

Soldi’s series, Sentiment, is featured in the Atelier Gallery at the Griffin Museum July 10 through August 31, 2014. An opening reception with the artist is July 10, 7-8:30 p.m.

Soldi says that the images in exhibition are “an emotional exorcism of sorts.” He says, “They represent my struggle to reconstruct a life without the very thing that I thought defined it. [A] breakup brought dramatic change to my work and I tapped into feelings that I never knew existed within me: panic, regret, fear and loss.”

A gallery talk by Aline Smithson will take place at 5:30 p.m. on July 10, 2014, prior to the opening reception for all exhibits. Members are free. Nonmembers $7. The reception is free to all.

Soldi graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work has been exhibited internationally, and published in PDNedu, Identities Now: Contemporary Portrait Photography, Gutter Magazine, Flak Photo and Humble Arts Foundation. He is a 2012 Magenta Foundation Flash For ward Award US winner. His work is in the permanent collection of the Tacoma Art Museum and numerous private collections. Soldi works as the Marketing Director at Photo Center NW and as an independent curator and art project manager in Seattle, WA.

Rafael Soldi Sentiment is courtesy of ClampArt Gallery, New York.

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