© Jon Henry, from "Stranger Fruit, Untitled #13, Groveland Park, IL"
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The Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture is a $20,000 prize awarded annually by Maine Media Workshops + College to a photographer whose work demonstrates a compelling new vision in photographic portraiture. In addition to the winner, the jury selects three finalists each year who are invited to participate in an exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Jon Henry is the recipient of 2020 Arnold Newman Prize, one of the nation’s largest in the world of photographic portraiture. Provoking timely themes of family, socio-political issues, grief, trauma, and healing within the African American community, Henry’s work will be on View at The Griffin Museum in the Main Gallery along with the finalists Michael Darough, Rubén Salgado Escudero and Priya Kambli.
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© Michael Darough, from "The Talk" (top)
© Rubén Salgado Escudero, from "Solar Portraits /Mexico" (middle)
© Priya Kambli from "Buttons for Eyes, Soha (Muma’s Photographs), 2019"(bottom)
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Tonight!
Join artists Simone Brogini, Miren Etcheverry, and Conrad Gees, as they share their photography and their journey into the world of fine art photography with us.
All three artists are Griffin Museum of Photography members and their work was included in the
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Shelby Meyerhoff
September 28 -
November 5, 2020
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"I start by painting on my own body, to transform myself into a new creature: a blue-ringed octopus, an owl, or a monarch butterfly. Then, alone in my studio, I set my camera on the tripod and pose..."
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October has gone to the dogs! We are so excited to see exhibitions from Nancy Baron & Rick Ashley on the walls of the Griffin Museum.
On the walls of the Griffin Gallery is Nancy Baron’s Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home, with Rick Ashley showing his series Cani di Roma in our Atelier Gallery.
Join us online for a special event, two photographers discussing their work celebrating the fabulous fur friends that surround us and give us joy.
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Sunday, October 4, 2020
7 PM Eastern Time
FREE
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The John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship seeks to recognize, encourage and reward photographers with the potential to create a body of work and sustain solo exhibitions. Awarded annually, the Scholarship provides recipients with a monetary award of $3,000, exhibition of their work at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and a volume from John’s personal library of photography books.
Image above of John Chervinsky
© L. Barry Hetherington
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Submission Portal Now
Extended to
November 1, 2020
No Entry Fee
$3000 Award
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The Scholarship seeks to provide a watershed moment in the professional lives of emerging photographers, providing them with the support and encouragement necessary to develop, articulate and grow their own vision for photography.
Jurors
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Learn the techniques you need to communicate with your camera and how to take strong, effective photographs in this beginner course. Different cameras (digital and traditional) will be addressed, and several practical demonstrations will be given in the classroom. Technical considerations will share time with explorations of photographic aesthetics. |
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October 13, 2020 to
November 10, 2020
8 Weekly Sessions
Tuesday Afternoon
from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST
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The emphasis of this course is color photography, though black and white concerns will also be discussed. Students will need to have a camera with manual controls.
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Saturday, 10/24/2020
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)
Sunday, 10/25/2020
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)
Why write about photography? Just as an image frames a visual viewpoint, analytic writing offers context and perspective, influencing how we see. Learn to view and write about
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2 Sessions (online)
October 24
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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photography more critically in this online workshop with “What Will You Remember” editors Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy.
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© Cecelia Paredes, "Both Worlds"
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We are thrilled to have storied Chicago gallerist Martha Schneider with us for an online conversation featuring her survey of Latin American Photography and creative photography.
With over 30 years of experience, Martha Schneider has been dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary photography, representing artists from around the world,
featuring photographers from: Argentina, Guatemala, Africa, China, Germany, and among others.
Martha Schneider was born and raised in Entre Rios, Argentina, 1941. She attended Universidad de Buenos Aires, School of Liberal Arts where she majored in Journalism and minored in Art History. Martha moved to Chicago in 1964 with her husband, Jorge Schneider, where she later created Schneider Gallery in 1985. The Gallery, originally located in Highland Park, specialized in ceramics and jewelry.
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October 22, 2020
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Several years later, Martha moved the Gallery to the River North Gallery District and shifted her focus to contemporary photography, specializing in Latin American photography. Schneider Gallery soon became one of the United States’ top photography galleries, and showcased international and national artists for over 30 years before closing in 2019.
Martha is currently operating from home as an art consultant, and continues to actively participate in the art scene as a juror, curator, lecturer, advisor, and portfolio reviewer.
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APPOINTMENTS ARE NECESSARY.
NO WALK-INS PLEASE.
WE KEEP US ALL SAFE THIS WAY
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Ryan Zoghlin extended to October 23, 2020
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".....I’ve been sailing off the beaches of Lake Michigan. ... I’ve always loved the shore. As time has marched on, I’ve noticed the increase in plastics on the beach year after year."
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Katalina Simon
The Griffin @ WinCAM
June 2 - September 27, 2020
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"The Land Beyond the Forest is an ongoing series depicting a fading way of life in rural Transylvania. This mountainous and remote region of Eastern Europe is steeped in history and lore..."
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"The goal of this [body of work] is to de-stigmatize those living
with dementia. To use empathy
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Joe Wallace
The Griffin @ Lafayette City Center Passageway
September 25, 2020 -
January 25, 2021
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as a means for connection and understanding. To tell a more complex and complete story of those living with the disease and its affect on their families and loved ones.."
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Programming 11.14.2020
Live Auction 11.15.2020
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It’s a collector’s weekend!
Starting on Friday Evening on November 13, 2020 at 7 PM we celebrate the Griffin's 14th Focus Awards by honoring Boston photography gallerist
Saturday November 14th will be filled with virtual lectures and artist talks.
Some examples are:
W.M. Hunt, the great champion of photography as a collector, curator and consultant, will talk about how to collect photography, what to collect in photography and what he collects.
Barbara Hitchcock, former Director of Cultural Affairs for the Polaroid Corporation and former curator of the Polaroid Collection will have a one-on-one discussion with one of the photographers featured in our auction.
Drew Epstein will host a question and answer program called “Ask Me a Copyright Question.” Here’s your opportunity to get your gnawing copyright questions answered by a copyright expert.
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Save the Dates!
November 13, 14 and 15.
Join us for a special weekend of events!
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Drew is the president of the Griffin Museum of Photography’s board of directors and a copyright attorney. He advises and represents many industry photographers.
And more programs are being assembled now.
Live auction
11.15.2020 at 2 PM
Auction items viewable 2 weeks prior.
Over 70 prints spanning a wide spectrum of photographic genres will be available. Original photographs will be available from established photographic luminaries such as John Paul Caponigro, Barbara Crane, Elsa Dorfman, Jim Dow, Harold Feinstein, John Goodman, Cig Harvey, David Hilliard, Lou Jones, David Levinthal, Rania Matar, Arno Minkkinen, Olivia Parker, Vaughn Sills, Joyce Tenneson, George Tice, Bradford Washburn, William Wegman, Ernest Withers and so many more. Also available is a coveted and highly collectable complete set of “baseball” trading cards by Mike Mandel. A number of these cards are in major museum collections.
We are also pleased to introduce you to works from the next generation of creative artists, Keiko Hiromi, Jennifer McClure, Maggie Meiners, Aline Smithson and Sal Taylor Kydd among others.
Image © Arno Raphael Minkkinen
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"As part of our “Tours of Duty” exhibition, the Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to host David Pace in an Artist Talk and Virtual Book Signing...."
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Once we have accumulated enough orders we will process a bulk order of engraved bricks to be placed into the Griffin's walkway that leads to the Winchester Rotary Terrace. There's plenty of room and we welcome your tribute inscriptions.
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Look for our upcoming programming with photographers Brent Lewis, Brenton Hamilton, Sama Alshaibi, Rania Matar, Larry Fink, Mary Beth Meehan and Liz Deschenes.
In partnership with Maine Media Workshops, we open with the 2020 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture exhibition on October 1, 2020 in the Main Gallery.
Coming October 29, 2020 to the Griffin. “Tours of Duty.” Todd Bradley, - War Stories I Never Heard, Binh Danh - Military Foliage and One Week’s Dead, Suzanne Opton - Many Wars, David Pace and Stephen Wirtz - WIREPHOTO, Allison Stewart - Bug Out Bag: The Commodification of American Fear, D. Clarke Evans - Before They’re Gone: Portraits and Stories of World War II Veterans and William Betcher - Toy Soldiers. More here.
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We are opened. Appointments are necessary. No walk ins.
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