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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Mamie Napoleon beats <b>Peter McKinney</b>
Owner: John Coakley & Charles Harrison
Driver: Unknown
Race: Free for All Trot and Pace
Date: 8-31-1932 -
<b>Mamie Napoleon</b> beats Peter McKinney
Owner: A. F. Curtis
Driver: Unknown
Race: Free for All Trot and Pace
Date: 8-31-1932 -
Marching Peter
Owner: A. J. Manfield
Driver: A. Manfield
Race: Bay State Circuit 2.18 Class Pace
Date: 6-30-1930 -
Marching Peter
Owner: A. J. Manfield
Driver: A. Manfield
Race: Bay State Circuit 2.18 Class Pace
Date: 6-30-1930 -
Marda Harvester — Ganeau up
Owner: Dr. E. E. Hodgkins
Driver: Gagnon
Race: 2.23 Trot & Pace
Date: 9-17-1930 -
Margaret Brownson
Owner: J. H. Porteous
Driver: Ackerman
Race: First Division 2.17 Bar Trot
Date: 7-31-1939 -
Margaret Grattan — Flemming up
Owner: Mahoney Brothers
Driver: W. Flemming
Race: Bay State Circuit 2.15 Class Pace
Date: 6-30-1930
