Women in Print; A Celebration of Works on Paper brings together a wide range of women photographers whose work reflects both the history of the medium and its continuing reinvention in Maine and New England. On view from August 1 to September 27, the exhibition spans traditional and experimental processes, from antique techniques to contemporary approaches, with a roster that includes June Kim, Deb Dawson, Joyce Tenneson, Tara Sellios, Lisa Mossel, Jeanie Hutchins, Sal Taylor Kydd, Asia Kepka, Astrid Reischwitz, Claire Seidl, Elizabeth Greenberg, Berenice Abbott, Caroline E. Savage, Sara Stites, Karen Olson, Linda Connor, Susan Theodora White, Fay Godwin, Carol Eisenberg, Christine Higgins, D.M. Witman, Susan Rosenberg Jones and Denise Froehlich.
The premise is straightforward and well grounded in photographic history: women were central to photography from the start. That legacy continues here in a show that treats paper not as a neutral support, but as a site of invention. The works move across self-portraiture, landscape, conservation, motherhood, companionship, aging, identity, feminism and cultural memory, with several artists combining methods within a single practice. The range is broad, but the emphasis remains on craft, material presence and close looking.
What gives the exhibition its shape is the way it links older photographic traditions with current concerns. Some artists turn to the landscape as a place of reflection or witness. Others focus on family, daily life or the psyche, using the camera to register private experience with precision. Several works carry a more contemplative tone, while others push toward the avant-garde, showing how women continue to test the limits of the medium rather than simply inherit it.
The exhibition also serves as a reminder that photography’s history is not confined to major centers. In Maine, this lineage has remained active through artists who work across processes and generations. Women in Print presents that continuity clearly, with a selection that values experimentation as much as tradition and personal vision as much as technical command.
It is less a survey than a statement of presence: women have not only participated in photography’s evolution, they have helped define its language.
Image: Berenice Abbott, n.t. (Maine post office interior), circa 1954, Silver print, 11.5 x 16.5 inches, Courtesy of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts
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