Monday, April 19, 2010

Boston Week: Paul Giguere

This week I am featuring Boston photographers in preparation for my Griffin Atelier show on Thursday of this week. There is a rich photographic community in Boston, and many Beantown photographers have already been featured on Lenscratch: Suzanne Revy, Ellen Rennard, Meg Birbaum, Pelle Cass, Caleb Cole, Blake Ogden, Paolo Morales, Cig Harvey, Paris Visone, but there are many other wonderful image makers yet to be showcased...

There is no better person to kick off this week than Paul Giguere. Paul has had a camera in hand from an early age when he began to document his family from a 8-year-old's perspective, and now he does the same from an adult one. Paul has a busy life, working full time, raising a family, and still finds time for his passion of fine art photography. On top of that full plate of activities, Paul is the host of Thoughts on Photography, a series of audio podcasts available on his site and on itunes. His podcasts cover myriad of photographic subjects, presented in a thoughtful and timely way, and in addition, TOP includes many interesting interviews with image makers. It's time to add these to your ipod.

I am featuring work from two series, Anonymous Lives and Seasons Running. The first addresses the alienation of our commuter lives, that out-of-focus zone that we often find ourselves in as we move through the day. His blurred black and white images work as a way to capture our warp speed lives in a timeless way. The second series, Seasons Running, taps into Paul's passion for documenting family and the ever changing moments in childhood.

Images from Anonymous Lives
















Images from Seasons Running










2 comments:

HWP said...

I like Paul's work and listen to his podcast. Thanks for sharing.

HarriettAckley0317 said...

It's great!!..........................................