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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Lydia Knight wins from Hal Abbe
Owner: W. N. Reynolds
Driver: F. Egan
Race: 2.16 Class Pace
Date: 8-2-1933 -
Lynda Guy
Owner: Gustave Cornelius
Driver: L. Bruisie
Race: Non Winners of $400 Race in 1933 Trot
Date: 8-5-1933 -
MacDewey— Fox up
Owner: Frank P. Fox
Driver: Frank P. Fox
Race: 2.24 Class Trot or Pace
Date: 9-1930 -
Mac Hanover wins 3rd race
Owner: W. M. Chellis
Driver: McMinnemon
Race: Local Trot & Pace
Date: 10-5-1937 -
Mac Hanover wins 7th race
Owner: H. C. Miller
Driver: H. Goodhart
Race: Jr. Free-for-All Trot
Date: 8-21-1937 -
Mac Harvester prompts. Kelly does 2.08 1/2.
Owner: Patrick O'Connell
Driver: Pat O'Connell
Race: Exhibition
Date: 7-18-1940 -
Mac Harvester wins from Ak-Sar-Ben
Owner: W. M. Chellis
Driver: McMinimen
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 9-24-1937 -
Mac Harvester with unidentified woman wearing coat
Owner: William M. Chellis
Driver:
Race:
Date: 10-26-1937
