Guy Kendall's Photography
Exploring Guy Kendall’s photographic work starting in 1924, the viewer watches the progression from posed still shots of horses with their trainer/drivers to action shots which capture the excitement of races at the finish line. Through the albums, one is able to watch the growth of relationships between Kendall and the horsemen and women of the southern Maine fair circuit as remote, documentary snaps of horses and drivers become intimate portraits both at the race track and on area farms.
Kendall’s career at the track was put on pause in 1928 as he courted and then married Ruth B. Bennett. Kendall’s work resumed in the album labeled 1930a, where it is possible to see a quantum leap in the quality of his composition from images that were simply a matter of record to those with genuine artistic flair.
According to his niece, Anne Kendall Holmbom, Kendall used a Graflex box camera and glass negatives to capture many of his early photographs. He developed, printed, and re-touched all his photographs personally in his studio located on Congress Street in Portland, Maine.
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Janie Scott [Jannie Scott]
Owner: Brierely & Perry
Driver: Crozier
Race: Pine Tree Circuit
Date: 7-1-1936 -
J.D. Direct wins from Wilma Scott and <b>Sunrise</b>
Owner: W. E. Taylor
Driver: Taylor
Race: 2.19 Pace
Date: 9-6-1932 -
<b>J.D. Direct</b> wins from Wilma Scott and Sunrise
Owner: Ralph A. Jewell
Driver: McDonald
Race: 2.19 Pace
Date: 9-6-1932 -
J.D. Direct wins from <b>Wilma Scott</b> and Sunrise
Owner: Joseph Robinson
Driver: Kingsley
Race: 2.19 Pace
Date: 9-6-1932 -
Jean Grattan — 2.05 1/4
Owner: Unknown
Driver: B. Sturgeon
Race: 2.12 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-8-1926 -
Jean Grattan — Turgeon up
Owner: Robert Trench
Driver: B. Sturgeon
Race: 2.07 Pace Class
Date: 7-4-1927