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.
-
Clear Profit
Owner: A. J. Francis
Driver: C. Merrill
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-9-1940 -
Cleburne
Owner: The McGrath Stable
Driver: E. McGrath
Race: Bay State Circuit 2.18 Class Pace
Date: 6-30-1930 -
Cleo Hanaford
Owner: M. Haines, the Shoe Wizard
Driver: E. Myers
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-9-1940 -
Cleo Hanover
Owner: M. Haines, the Shoe Wizard
Driver: E. Myers
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-9-1940 -
Cleo Hanover wins 4th race July 13th
Owner: M. Haines, the Shoe Wizard
Driver: D. Miller
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-13-1940 -
Cleo Hanover wins 4th race July 13th
Owner: M. Haines, the Shoe Wizard
Driver: D. Miller
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-13-1940 -
Clever Hanover
Owner: H. Litchfield & H. Toothaker
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: Trot for Horses with Records Slower than 2.00
Date: 7-18-1939 -
Clever Hanover wins
Owner: Litchfield & Toothaker
Driver: Harry Brusie
Race: Pine Tree Trot
Date: 7-29-1936 -
Clinton Hanover wins from Lottery
Owner: Hollyfort Stables
Driver: Frye
Race: 2.24 Trot
Date: 8-4-1936 -
Clova wins 1st Race
Owner: W. Hughes
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: Classified Trotting One Mile
Date: 8-1-1936 -
Clova wins 4th Race
Owner: W. Hughes
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: Classified Trotting One Mile
Date: 8-1-1936
