We just want to say thanks to the hundreds of people who came out to support the opening reception for William Wegman: Inside | Outside. It was a smashing success! It also doesn't hurt when the Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, Boston Metro and the Improper Bostonian all come out with blurbs about the show on the same day. Many thanks!!!!!

William Wegman and Jason Landry at the Opening reception for
William Wegman: Inside | Outside on July 8, 2010.
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One of the very first interviews that I had ever conducted was with photographer John Chervinsky, at his home studio, back when I worked for the Photographic Resource Center.

John was a great artists and supporter of the PRC. I remember when I bid and won the auction for his print at the PRC Auction one year he came up to me and said, “Jason, thanks for rescuing it.” In my eyes I wasn’t rescuing anything––I was acquiring another fantastic image by a genius of an artist. It is an honor to have his art in my home.

Even while he was battling his illness this fall, he agreed to be a mentor to one of my MFA in Photography graduate students at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. I know this student learned a lot from John and will forever be grateful.

"I have a lot of students that tell me they only know how to take photographs when they are away––not at home––and I think, that’s all I do." ~ Emily Belz

When did you realize that photography was the art medium that best expressed your artistic self?

Emily Belz: Oh very early on, I went to a unique high school called the Cambridge School of Weston in Weston Massachusetts. It had an art curriculum, but it was more like a collegiate art curriculum at a high school level.

"...you could see in his work that he was fascinated with what came across his scope of vision in life."

What do you remember most about Harold Feinstein?

Let me start out by saying that life is strange. I never sought out to find an undiscovered talent. It’s just that sometimes life sneaks up on you and smacks you in the head and that was Harold. Once he got his grips in you, and I say that in the kindest possible way, he was in your life forever. He was such a positive influence.

“I hope people start questioning the assumptions they make while looking at someone.”

Photographer and Panopticon Gallery friend Rick Ashley is a finalist for the 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.  I sat down and spoke with him recently about his work.

Tell us a little bit about your project with Michael.

Michael is my brother-in law. He’s my wife’s youngest brother. He is 51 years old now and has Down Syndrome.

"I don’t see the point in trying to find your style. I’m a photographer; I’m interested in the world." ~Yoav Horesh

Yoav Horesh is an Israeli-born photographer who was an Artist in Residence this summer at Emmanuel College in Boston. His black and white and color photographs focus on conflict, human tragedy, memory, and recovery in Europe, Asia, and America. Yoav has taught at numerous universities in the United States, Hong Kong, Europe, and Asia.

Paul Sneyd has been a Master Printer for over 35 years and has worked with many local and national photographers including Harold Feinstein, Stanley Forman, Tony King, Bradford Washburn and Ernest C. Withers, just to name a few. I had the opportunity to sit down with him this week and ask him a few questions.

Tell us a little history about Panopticon Imagining and how you got started with the company.

Panopticon Imaging started after I worked at Panopticon Gallery for 24 years.

Marc Lacatell’s passion for music and photography led him to abandon performing in rock bands to photographing them. His ability and freedom to work independently still allows him to feel the rush of being at a show, but now in front of the stage––just him and his cameras. Over the past few years he has captured hundreds of musicians on stage including Slash, B.B. King, and the Eagles just to name a few.

We wanted to introduce to our followers our summer gallery assistant, photographer Helena Akhtar, a student at the New Hampshire Institute of Art.

Helena has been concentrating mostly on portraits, and photographing bands in concert. She  explained, “I like that fact that through photography, I can connect with people on a hirer level without using words.

"In the twilight of my life I would like to stay at the cutting edge by constantly working with young people offering them my assistance, if that is possible. I like dealing with young people; it keeps you looking ahead and feeling young. To feel young it also helps to be stubborn and to be with people who are willing to operate at the fringe, instead of at the norm. All of Barbara's and my life has been about sharing with others.

A few months back, a creative writing class from Boston University stopped by the gallery. Their assignment for the day: write about an image in one of our exhibitions.

Student Rebecca Kaplan wrote this poem inspired by Michael Donnor's photograph Here is There. You can see image and others in his solo exhibition Paper Truths, extended through October 15, 2014.

Why?

In this universe, who are we?

Are we able to understand.
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