"People, Places, Things" by Gary Duehr
A Retrospective at Bromfield Gallery
November 5 - 30, 2025
Opening Reception
Friday, November 7, 6-8 pm
Bromfield Gallery
450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Please join me on Friday, November 7, from 6-8 pm for the reception of my retrospective: "People, Places Things." The reception is part of First Fridays, when SOWA galleries host their openings. Parking is available off Albany Street for $10. The exhibition runs through November 30.
This retrospective skims across several decades of making photos, from People on the streets and squeezed into elevators; to Places behind the scenes or blurred by speed; to Things including messy car interiors and handwritten notes in public.
A woman cradles flowers on a city street. Sunset sweeps across an LA intersection. A Panama hat and tiger-striped seat covers suggest a safari in Provincetown.
There is often tension between the camera’s nailing of details and an expressive vision that grabs moments flitting by. The choice of subjects is expansive, even whimsical. To the typical question asked of photographers what they take pictures of, the answer here is: “Anything that catches my eye.”
GARY DUEHR
Gary Duehr teaches digital photo at local colleges. He has been chosen as a Best Emerging Artist in New England by the International Association of Art Critics, and he has received an Artist Grant in photography from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. His work has been featured in museums and galleries including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; MOMA PS 1, New York, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, as well as exhibitions in Tokyo, Venice, London, Dublin and Barcelona. Past awards include grants from the LEF Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
His public artworks include a video installation for the Canadian subway system; a photo installation for the New England Foundation for the Arts, and a commission from the MBTA for a permanent photo installation at North Station.
www.garyduehr.com
