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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Dock Volo--Laddie
Owner: W. S. Malcolm & Harriman
Driver: Unidentified
Race: Early Season Workouts
Date: 1936 -
Dock Volo wins from St. Nicholas
Owner: W. S. Malcolm
Driver: Smith
Race: E. J. Record Grocier 2.19 Trot
Date: 9-12-1935 -
Doctor H
Owner: Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Billingsley
Driver: H. Short
Race: Pacers with Records Faster than 2.06
Date: 7-26-1937 -
Doctor Lee
Owner: Cardform Traffic Service
Driver: B. Michael
Race: 2.03 Trot for Horses with Records 2.03 1/4 to 2.06
Date: 7-27-1939 -
Doctor Lee
Owner: Cardform Traffic Service
Driver: B. Michael
Race: Trotters with Records Slower than 2.03
Date: 7-19-1939 -
Doctor Rankin
Owner: Hotel Baker Stables
Driver: S. Palin
Race: Foals of 1936 National Stake
Date: 7-15-1939 -
Dolly Hanover
Owner: W. J. Scism & Son
Driver: Unidentified
Race: Grand Circuit Meet
Date: 7-24-1937
