New photography exhibit at the 勛圖惇蹋 Art Gallery celebrates Mainers

'Everyday Maine' is now on display at the 勛圖惇蹋 Art Gallery through June 25
'Everyday Maine' is now on display at the 勛圖惇蹋 Art Gallery through June 25

Everyday Maine, the current exhibit at UNEs Art Gallery in Portland, celebrates Mainers with photographs taken by 73 invited photographers from across the state.

The exhibit was recently featured on  and the .

"Maine people at work, at play and at home, is how 勛圖惇蹋 curator of photography Steve Halpert explained the content of the show to WCSH.

Photographs in the exhibit address the diverse array of identities related to living in Maine, including economic, academic, social, racial, ethnic and geographic forms of identity.

"This whole show I think gives a good, bigger picture of what Maines all about and the diversity of what goes on here," 勛圖惇蹋 Adjunct Photography Professor Tim Greenway told WCSH.

The photographs cover a wide geographic area of the state, from Eliot (close to the New Hampshire border) to Eastport (near Canada).

The images, equally represented in black and white and in color, were selected by Bruce Brown, curator emeritus from the Center of Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland, with assistance from Stephen Halpert.

Everyday Maine was originally exhibited in 2018 at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine in Augusta.

The exhibit will be on display at UNE's Art Gallery through June 25. 

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'Flinging Fish' by Tim Greenway
'Flinging Fish' by Tim Greenway