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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Top Worthy wins from <b>Rance</b>
Owner: Henry Clukey & Maynard Brennan
Driver: Clukey
Race: 2.22 Stake Trot
Date: 8-20-1931 -
<b>Top Worthy</b> wins from Rance
Owner: George W. Bachelder
Driver: Chappelle
Race: 2.22 Stake Trot
Date: 8-20-1931 -
Tronia Britton — Crozier up
Owner: J. P. Berry
Driver: W. Crozier
Race: 2.12 Class Trot
Date: 7-4-1930 -
Tronia Noon
Owner: Mrs. P. W. Pearson
Driver: Seeley
Race: Frank Fox Stake 2-Year-Old Trot and Pace
Date: 8-6-1935 -
Tronia Noon
Owner: Mrs. P. W. Pearson
Driver: Seeley
Race: Frank Fox Stake 2-Year-Old Trot and Pace
Date: 8-6-1935 -
True Volo (middle)
Owner: Mrs. C. P. Chappelle
Driver: P. Chappelle
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 10-2-1937 -
True Volo (top)
Owner: Mrs. C. P. Chappelle
Driver: P. Chappelle
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 10-2-1937 -
Truscon
Owner: M. Haines, the Shoe Wizard
Driver: E. Myers
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-8-1940
