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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Fayette National
Owner: Unknown
Driver: L. Brusie
Race: 2.09 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-9-1926 -
Fay Hanover--Thomas up
Owner: Hanover Shoe Farms
Driver: H. Thomas
Race: Old Orchard Beach Track Association
Date: 7-27-1936 -
Fay S.
Owner: H. M. Day
Driver: H. Day
Race: Cumberland County Fair 2.22 Trot and Pace--Cumberland County Owned
Date: 9-17-1924 -
F.C. Pooler poses with Fleet McKlyo & <b>Miss Upteen</b>
Owner: Fred C. Pooler
Driver: Myrer
Race:
Date: 8-21-1931 -
F.C. Pooler poses with <b>Fleet McKlyo</b> & Miss Upteen
Owner: Fred C. Pooler
Driver: Myrer
Race:
Date: 8-21-1931 -
<b>Federal Express</b> beats Lawful Lure
Owner: Federal Hill Farm
Driver: C. Crossman
Race: 2.19 Class Trot
Date: 7-4-1931 -
Federal Express beats <b>Lawful Lure</b>
Owner: F. D. Wilcox
Driver: F. Wilcox
Race: 2.19 Class Trot
Date: 7-4-1931
