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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Northern Tree — Snell up
Owner: A. F. Snell
Driver: A. F. Snell
Race: 2.23 Class Pace
Date: 8-6-1930 -
Northern Tree — Snell up
Owner: A. F. Snell
Driver: A. F. Snell
Race: 2.23 Class Trot and Pace
Date: 8-6-1930 -
O.C. McGregor
Owner: Leroy H. Taylor
Driver: Chappelle
Race: Oxford County Agricultural Races
Date: 9-15-1939 -
O.C. McGregor wins
Owner: Leroy H. Taylor
Driver: Chappelle
Race: Cumberland Fair Races
Date: 9-22-1939 -
O.C. McGregor wins 6th race
Owner: Leroy H. Taylor
Driver: Chappelle
Race: Oxford County Agricultural Races
Date: 9-15-1939 -
Oleander
Owner: Lincroft Farm
Driver: W. Garrison
Race: The American Stake Three Year Olds Pace
Date: 8-3-1935 -
Oneeta Strathmore
Owner: William Leber
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: Non-winners of Two Races, 1934 Pace
Date: 8-1-1934 -
Oneeta Strathmore winning
Owner: William Leber
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: Non-winners of Two Races, 1934 Pace
Date: 8-1-1934
