Biographies
Anne Henning: I studied photography at Rhode Island School of Design, the Boston Architectural Center and in workshops internationally with master photographers. Before that I was a business major in college and also taught science. Always wished I could study art and finally had the opportunity to do that.
“Dancing in the afternoon”, my first monograph, was published in December 2007 and is available for purchase at the gallery.
Following along on the path of narrative photography, I’m working on a new book “Rubato” tending to the thought process of music and photographic compositions. I also work on many personal projects which I also hope to publish in the near future.
My personal style is something that evolved. It began with following the approach of photographers I admired, but in time, my own personal preferences about everything dictated my directions. Now it is second nature. I like to feel that I can walk into my pictures. I love the nuances of light created naturally. That brings me to an atmosphere, a mood, a story.
Frank Hutnak: Printing pictures in the darkroom with my father was the genesis for a lifelong passion for photography. My dad's enthusiasm was infectious. Several of my siblings have continued in his footsteps, one brother becoming a professional photographer. Throughout my life, I continued capturing images, first for the school yearbook and newspaper, later for a Rhode Island weekly newspaper, The Observer. After returning from a tour in Viet Nam where among other duties, I chronicled my unit's deployment operations, I attended and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Photography. Just prior to my retirement from the Department of Labor and Training, where I counseled veterans for nearly two decades, I moved to the world of digital photography with a mix of skepticism and excitement. I have never looked back. Retirement and a move to Massachusetts have afforded me the time to pursue my passion. Joining the Duxbury Camera Club and now The Images Group has broadened my appreciation of various photographic styles, and inspires me to experiment. Photography allows me a platform through which to express emotions that words could never adequately capture.
Elizabeth "Lisa" Ryan: My family has been involved in the arts for several generations. One of my grandfathers was the painter John Graham, and the other collected the works of the Danish Impressionists for what is now the Glypotek Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Growing up among many wonderful works of art, I took lessons in painting and drawing from a very early age. I graduated from Pratt Institute of Art in the 1973. After a stint working as a photographer's assistant in New York, I moved to Boston to study art therapy. This led to a career in psychology.
I returned to photography with digital cameras in 2002 , and have been photographing ever since. I am a founding member of the Images Group, and co-organizer of the Greater Boston Night Photographers. My work has been published in South Shore Living, Early American Life, and in AAA Horizons. )On line publications include a NASA Astrophotography Image of the Day and Space.com. Currently, my work can be seen in the exhibit "Night Becomes Us" at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury. I am a workshop leader, lecturer and judge for local camera clubs. I like the challenges, adventure and mystery of night photography.
Steve Schroeder: I am an enthusiastic amateur photographer. Though I haven't had formal instruction, I'm learning constantly from the other members of this group. My inspiration comes from nature and from my father, who was an artist in the beautiful coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, where I grew up. I didn't spend much time on photography until the digital revolution. Now, having retired from a career in environmental law, photography is my main hobby. Digital photography is a mix of art and science that fits my technical aptitude and fosters my hope to develop some level of artistic sensitivity. Mostly, though, I just enjoy being outdoors and taking pictures of wildlife, coastal landscapes and the scenery of whatever beautiful area I am visiting. You can see more of my photographs at schroederphotos.com.
Myrna Walsh: I started taking pictures to accompany my feature articles for newspapers and corporate newsletters. After working as a reference librarian, teaching Duxbury's seventh graders computer programming, and helping to establish a hospice, I put aside my camera and closed my darkroom. I moved into healthcare administration and later wrote an Images of America book. Retiring as executive director of a foundation, I returned to photography, now digital and more creative. My works explores the transmutation of three dimensional objects captured in the two dimensions, and then re-imagined with mass, energy and irony. Probably due to my years as a photojournalist and documentarian, I prefer the drama of black and white and look for the unexpected. Aside from Duxbury Camera Club shows and an Audubon of the South Shore exhibit, I intentionally have not widely shown my recent photographic work.
Read More“Dancing in the afternoon”, my first monograph, was published in December 2007 and is available for purchase at the gallery.
Following along on the path of narrative photography, I’m working on a new book “Rubato” tending to the thought process of music and photographic compositions. I also work on many personal projects which I also hope to publish in the near future.
My personal style is something that evolved. It began with following the approach of photographers I admired, but in time, my own personal preferences about everything dictated my directions. Now it is second nature. I like to feel that I can walk into my pictures. I love the nuances of light created naturally. That brings me to an atmosphere, a mood, a story.
Frank Hutnak: Printing pictures in the darkroom with my father was the genesis for a lifelong passion for photography. My dad's enthusiasm was infectious. Several of my siblings have continued in his footsteps, one brother becoming a professional photographer. Throughout my life, I continued capturing images, first for the school yearbook and newspaper, later for a Rhode Island weekly newspaper, The Observer. After returning from a tour in Viet Nam where among other duties, I chronicled my unit's deployment operations, I attended and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Photography. Just prior to my retirement from the Department of Labor and Training, where I counseled veterans for nearly two decades, I moved to the world of digital photography with a mix of skepticism and excitement. I have never looked back. Retirement and a move to Massachusetts have afforded me the time to pursue my passion. Joining the Duxbury Camera Club and now The Images Group has broadened my appreciation of various photographic styles, and inspires me to experiment. Photography allows me a platform through which to express emotions that words could never adequately capture.
Elizabeth "Lisa" Ryan: My family has been involved in the arts for several generations. One of my grandfathers was the painter John Graham, and the other collected the works of the Danish Impressionists for what is now the Glypotek Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Growing up among many wonderful works of art, I took lessons in painting and drawing from a very early age. I graduated from Pratt Institute of Art in the 1973. After a stint working as a photographer's assistant in New York, I moved to Boston to study art therapy. This led to a career in psychology.
I returned to photography with digital cameras in 2002 , and have been photographing ever since. I am a founding member of the Images Group, and co-organizer of the Greater Boston Night Photographers. My work has been published in South Shore Living, Early American Life, and in AAA Horizons. )On line publications include a NASA Astrophotography Image of the Day and Space.com. Currently, my work can be seen in the exhibit "Night Becomes Us" at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury. I am a workshop leader, lecturer and judge for local camera clubs. I like the challenges, adventure and mystery of night photography.
Steve Schroeder: I am an enthusiastic amateur photographer. Though I haven't had formal instruction, I'm learning constantly from the other members of this group. My inspiration comes from nature and from my father, who was an artist in the beautiful coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, where I grew up. I didn't spend much time on photography until the digital revolution. Now, having retired from a career in environmental law, photography is my main hobby. Digital photography is a mix of art and science that fits my technical aptitude and fosters my hope to develop some level of artistic sensitivity. Mostly, though, I just enjoy being outdoors and taking pictures of wildlife, coastal landscapes and the scenery of whatever beautiful area I am visiting. You can see more of my photographs at schroederphotos.com.
Myrna Walsh: I started taking pictures to accompany my feature articles for newspapers and corporate newsletters. After working as a reference librarian, teaching Duxbury's seventh graders computer programming, and helping to establish a hospice, I put aside my camera and closed my darkroom. I moved into healthcare administration and later wrote an Images of America book. Retiring as executive director of a foundation, I returned to photography, now digital and more creative. My works explores the transmutation of three dimensional objects captured in the two dimensions, and then re-imagined with mass, energy and irony. Probably due to my years as a photojournalist and documentarian, I prefer the drama of black and white and look for the unexpected. Aside from Duxbury Camera Club shows and an Audubon of the South Shore exhibit, I intentionally have not widely shown my recent photographic work.
