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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High Point
Owner: Mahlon N. Haines, the Shoe Wizard
Driver: D. Miller
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-9-1940 -
High Point wins 3rd race
Owner: M. Haines, The Shoe Wizard
Driver: E. Myers
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-16-1940 -
High Volo
Owner: Hotel Baker Stables
Driver: Sep Palin
Race: National Stake Foals of 1937 Trot
Date: 7-13-1939 -
High Volo
Owner: Hotel Baker Stables
Driver: Sep Palin
Race: National Stake Foals of 1937 Trot
Date: 7-13-1939 -
Hilanna
Owner: H. C. Roulston
Driver: W. Caton
Race: Non-winners of Two Races, 1934 Pace
Date: 8-1-1934 -
Hilarius
Owner: Pottle & Smith
Driver: Carney
Race: Cumberland County Fair 2.18 Trot and Pace
Date: 9-17-1924 -
Hilda Hal
Owner: Unknown
Driver: W. Hodson
Race: 2.12 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-8-1926 -
Hinieyou wins 11th Race
Owner: Dr. F. B. Sweet
Driver: A. Rodney
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 8-1-1936 -
His Eminence wins 4th race
Owner: Forest Richardson
Driver: Chappelle
Race: $100 Claiming Race
Date: 10-25-1938
