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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Eula H. beats <b>Peter Magnus</b>
Owner: Edward Webb and C. P. Chappelle
Driver: C. Chappelle
Race: Free for All Trot and Pace
Date: 8-20-1932 -
Europa
Owner: J. M. Berry & Fred Egan
Driver: O. Erskine
Race: National Stake Three Year Olds Trot
Date: 7-21-1937 -
Eva Tango
Owner: I. W. Pottle
Driver: Unknown
Race: Pine Tree Circuit Races, Maine State Fair Grounds, Lewiston, Maine
Date: 7-18-1924 -
Evelyn Scott wins 7th race
Owner: Evelyn Tweedie
Driver: S. Tweedie
Race: "The Annabassacook" 2.24 Trot
Date: 8-17-1940 -
Expressive Guy
Owner: George W. Batchelder
Driver: Patterson
Race: 2.16 Trot or Pace
Date: 8-13-1931 -
Expressive Guy — Patterson up
Owner: George W. Batchelder
Driver: Patterson
Race: 2.16 Trot or Pace
Date: 8-13-1931 -
Fair Direct--Churchill up
Owner: Charles Churchill
Driver: C. Churchill
Race: 2.24 Class Pace
Date: 6-23-1936
