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.
-
Silver Kernel wins 2nd race
Owner: Sullivan & Mawhinney
Driver: Safford
Race: 2.12 Trot
Date: 7-2-1941 -
Silver King
Owner: E. J. Merkle
Driver: B. White
Race: The American Stake Three Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-3-1935 -
Silver May
Owner: Montour Farm
Driver: B. Wright
Race: National Stake Foals of 1937 Trot
Date: 7-13-1939 -
Silver Napoleon, Marda Harvester, Northern Tree — Start of Second Heat
Owner:
Driver:
Race: 2.23 Trot & Pace
Date: 9-17-1930 -
Silver Queen — Churchill up
Owner: D. J. Nichols
Driver: Churchill
Race: 2.40 Class Mixed
Date: 10-2-1930 -
<b>Silver Queen</b> winning from Prince Henry and Grace Mozart
Owner: D. J. Nichols
Driver: Churchill
Race: 2.40 Class Mixed
Date: 10-2-1930 -
Silver Volo
Owner: A. H. Hayes
Driver: Gerow
Race: West Oxford Agricultural Society, Fryeburg, Maine
Date: 10-4-1939 -
Silver Volo wins (Fryeburg)
Owner: A. H. Hayes
Driver: Gerow
Race: West Oxford Agricultural Society, Fryeburg, Maine
Date: 10-4-1939 -
Silver Weather
Owner: Unknown
Driver: A. Conewell
Race: 2.09 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-8-1926
