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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Dolly Yvonne wins 2nd race
Owner: Bell Brothers
Driver: Chappelle
Race: Maine State Fair
Date: 9-7-1939 -
Dolly Yvonne wins 2nd race
Owner: Mrs. C. K. Bishop
Driver: Chappelle
Race: 2.09 Pace
Date: 8-2-1940 -
Dominion Grattan
Owner: Paul Bowser, Fair Oaks Farm
Driver: Thomas Berry
Race: The Old Orchard Free for All Pace
Date: 7-31-1936 -
Dominion Grattan
Owner: Paul Bowser, Fair Oaks Farm
Driver: Thomas Berry
Race: The Old Orchard Free for All Pace
Date: 7-31-1936 -
Dominion Grattan wins 1st heat
Owner: Paul Bowser, Fair Oaks Farm
Driver: Vic Fleming
Race: Free For All Pace
Date: 10-10-1936 -
Dominion Grattan wins 6th Race
Owner: Paul Bowser, Fair Oaks Farm
Driver: Thomas Berry
Race: The Old Orchard Free for All Pace
Date: 7-31-1936 -
Donachi
Owner: Edward P. Jones
Driver: C. Stewart
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-9-1940 -
Donachie
Owner: Edward P. Jones, agt.
Driver: Edward Jones
Race: Division A Classified Pace
Date: 7-17-1940 -
Donerail Belle wins 1st race
Owner: Wallace Marvin
Driver: Marvin
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 7-11-1941 -
Donna Spier Wins 1st Heat $10,000 Trot
Owner: F. D. Gilbert
Driver: H. Brusie
Race: 2.12 Class Trot
Date: 7-3-1931
