978-0-9665798-5-7
0-9665798-5-2
$75.00 hardcover
Safe Harbor Books |
Like
all gifted photographers, Gregory Spaid is maker of compositions above
all. his eye combines a kind of cool, blunt realism with the
gentleness born of great affection. Each one of these images
contains a mix of shadings and textures that is always there, whether in
the shingled facades on 'Sconset houses in the morning light or in the
mist surrounding a tree in the graveyard on a foggy afternoon. When
you look at Spaid's photographs you can think that gray is the richest
color there is, and the most true to life. His Nantucket is as I
would always want to remember the island, at once crisp and soft. It
is outlined with sharp edges and at the same time it envelops us in a
glowing, mellow beauty. These images are simple and direct, and yet
they are resonant with controlled emotion. They bring us to a
Nantucket that seems fresh and full of new energy, and yet feels as if it
has been there forever, rolling on like the sea.
--Paul Goldberger, from the Introduction
about the photographer
Gregory Spaid is a photographer and teacher of photography at Kenyon
College in Ohio. His work has been exhibited throughout the United
States and is in the collections of many public and private institutions
including the Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the
Smithsonian Institution and the Chase Manhattan Bank. He has been
the recipient of numerous grants for his work, including six from the Ohio
Arts Council and Fulbright Research Fellowship in Italy. |
