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Brianna, Sumner, Maine by Gary Samson

Item Number
L1
Estimated Value
1200 USD
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Item Description

Gary Samson

Brianna, Sumner, Maine

Photograph (archival print signed by the artist)

17” x 14” Framed in brushed silver frame

Gary Samson is the current Artist Laureate of New Hampshire. He has spent the last fifty years documenting cultures here and abroad and his photographic work has take him to Ghana, Guatemala, Greece, Russia, Peru, Ireland, Belize, France, Quebec, Cape Breton and New Orleans. Gary’s work has been exhibited internationally and his photographs are in numerous collections including the Currier Museum of Art, the University of New Hampshire, the National Archives in Washington DC and the New Hampshire Institute of Art where he taught photography for thirty-six years. After making a film about the life of the great German photographer Lotte Jacobi, he was inspired to explore portrait photography in his own work making portraits of New Hampshire artists and writers as well as documenting the ethnic diversity of the state. Over the years, Gary has received numerous awards for his work and continues to make environmental portraits of the people of New Hampshire.

 

 

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