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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Little Kelley wins 1st race
Owner: Pat O'Connell
Driver: O'Connell
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 8-8-1939 -
Little Maggie wins
Owner: Fillion & LaFranc
Driver: Chappelle
Race: West Oxford Agricultural Society, Fryeburg, Maine
Date: 10-4-1939 -
Little Pat
Owner: Biery Farm
Driver: C. Lacey
Race: Pacers with Records Faster than 2.05
Date: 7-26-1937 -
Little Pat wins 8th race
Owner: Homer D. Briery, Briery Farm
Driver: H. Short
Race: Jr. Free for All Pace
Date: 8-20-1937 -
Little Pat wins again
Owner: Biery Farm
Driver: Short
Race: Free for All Governor's Pace
Date: 8-13-1937 -
Little Peter
Owner: C. F. Lynskey
Driver: Unknown
Race: Topsham Fair 2.16 Trot and Pace
Date: 10-16-1924 -
Lochinvar beats Bud Wenger
Owner: Fred W. Woodman
Driver: W. Carney
Race: Free For All Pace
Date: 9-27-1935 -
Lochinvar beats Bud Wenger
Owner: George H. Pierce
Driver: J. Hanafin
Race: Free For All Pace
Date: 9-27-1935 -
Logan Scott
Owner: Blue Ridge Stables
Driver: W. Britenfield
Race: Two-Year Olds Pace
Date: 8-5-1932
