Anne Rearick operates in a humanistic mode, capturing moments that celebrate the human spirit. She's traveled to several places, immersing herself in diverse cultures. Her approach to photography is very involved. For instance, Anne has been photographing the Basques in France for over ... more »
Mary Shea, a local talent, photographs a Pens Perforum performance at the Salem Commons. The weekly spoken word open mic for Salem Theater Company features local poets, musicians, and writers. Here are beautiful images Mary captured that mirror the poetry of that day. more »
ArtThrob's staff photographer Thary Lim visits Salem's Farmers' Market and discovers even in a downpour there's quite a lot of life to capture. You can see more of Thary's work at her blog: tharylim.blogspot.com And, don't forget to visit the Salem Farmers' Market every Thursday ... more »
Ernest Morin's images present us a world we miss in the daily grind of life. They are of people, places, and things we often overlook, moments that really capture a slice of life, as Ernest puts it. These images are the result of a dedication and passion for the medium, that is rare ... more »
Kerry Hook of Kiki Larouge Photography has been behind the lens of a Canon documenting the world from Iceland to India since her days in the darkroom as a teenager. She has had numerous exhibits in Boston and the New England area over the past decade and began a freelance career in ... more »
John Fogle is the current artistic director of the Salem Theatre Company. For years, John worked as a theatrical photographer, creating promotion images for his own and other company shows. More of his work can be seen at www.johnfogle.com. more »
I've been taking pictures for over 50 years now. First with a Brownie camera, then with a 35mm camera with no light meter and only a wide angle lens. Those were the days when I took thousands and thousands of slides. Finally I edited my 7000 slides down to 3000, and when I look back on ... more »
Emerging from the cool winds of the Paris metro on my first morning in the city I came upon no fewer than three couples taking a moment to embrace, kiss or both. Whether on an escalator or off in a discreet corner the city's sense of love is apparent once you step out of the airport and onto the ... more »
I recently met up with Salem based photographer Kim Indresano at her studio overlooking the Peabody Essex Garden. We were there to discuss her work. We met for the first time and I was immediately greeted by her warm smile and inviting personality. As we walk into Kim's studio I ... more »
Richard Lewis teaches photography at Salem State College and is a founding member of the experimental electro-pop group Machine 475. The British native likes shooting out in the U.S West. This is a summed up version of his answers to some quick questions from a curious student. Q: When ... more »
A native of Los Angeles, California, Brent began his visual arts training with a decade of traditional academic drawing and painting studies in several private ateliers on the East Coast. During the time, he began to exhibit and subsequently won awards for his work. Eventually, Brent ... more »
"The artist must create to please himself, once pleased, he is at peace" The photographic image is a message without a code. My images represent a lifelong fascination with beauty and light, and the way they connect the eyes with the soul. After living and working in California for ... more »
These twelve photographs are from an extensive and continuing body of work taken inside and directly outside Caffe Sicilia, 40 Main Street, Gloucester, MA. The work has evolved “organically” during the past few years over cups of cappuccini and conversation. Three generations of Gloucester ... more »
Check out these digital photos taken by Salem State photography intern, Thary Lim. "I took some digital photos around Forest River Park at night with long exposures. Then I digitally manipulated the colors on Photoshop for dramatic effect," says Thary. more »
Art Throb readers, Richard Gordon and Renata Roskopf, capture both the humorous and the precious. more »
Thary Lim, Salem State student and new Art Throb photography intern, headed downtown for the Halloween festivities and caught some of the excitement on camera! more »
There is a secondary reality embedded within my Salem. It is most naked in the microscopic realm. The closer I look within it the more the city drops away. I call this manic frontier "The And World of And And." I suspect that the immensity and complexity of the world fills me with ... more »
[nggallery id=15] The vehicle-so familiar, frequently abandoned, and usually forgettable. Usually. In this collection, I treated the vehicle as a found object in its current space and time. I played with the landscape and the vehicle to create interest, and through this relationship one can ... more »
[imageflow id=12] This photography series started as a matter of happenstance. I stumbled over a dollhouse in a local junk shop. It mesmerized me. It was still fully furnished and decorated. The creator had taken great pains to make this house as realistic as possible. Each room was ... more »
[imageflow id=11] Photographer Kerry "Kiki" Hook has been traveling and photographing her journeys around the world for almost 20 years. Passed down to her by her late father, her passion for photography in her teen years began in the darkroom and then blossomed in to an affair with the ... more »
[imageflow id=10] Marilyn Humphries provides event, portrait, documentary and annual report photography for a variety of organizations, businesses, political candidates, magazines and newspapers. Additionally Marilyn has been documenting progressive social change movements in the Boston ... more »
[imageflow id=9] Admittedly, in form it appears to be an arbitrary "project." The truth is, it is a symptom of the swarthy. I have been the hunted for quite some time now. It began before I had known it had. At the time I was a nobody, noticing nothing. One by one, they ... more »
[imageflow id=7] "It's one of those places that will dramatically change in my lifetime," Bobbie Bush says of Cuba, which is part of the criteria the Salem-based photographer used for a long time when deciding where to travel. Her photo series titled 'Colors of Cuba' was shot on a journey ... more »
[imageflow id=4] After graduating early from college and feeling "stuck" in the middle of New England's drawn-out winter, I traveled out west to central California to visit a friend, hoping to find new inspiration, and took the photos you see here. Straying from my usual style of work, I took ... more »