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SUMMARY:Neal Rantoul | Artist Talk & Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:The Griffin Museum is thrilled to welcome Boston-based photographer
  Neal Rantoul to Winchester for a special artist talk celebrating his
  latest book. 
 
 In this new publication\, Neal Rantoul brings his luminous
  black-and-white photographs\, created with an 8×10 view camera\, to
  vivid new life. For more than two decades\, he worked with the 8×10
  format across the United States and Europe\, producing a remarkable
  body of work distinguished by its precision\, depth\, and quiet
  intensity. 
 
 Beautifully printed and thoughtfully designed\, the book features 100
  photographs made from entirely new scans of the original large-format
  negatives. Accompanied by two essays by the artist\, this volume fills
  an important gap in the celebrated photographer's career\, offering a
  renewed perspective on work made over many years. 
 
 About the Artist
 
 Neal Rantoul spent the bulk of his career teaching photography\,
  initially at the New England School of Photography in Boston in the
  70s\, then at Harvard University for thirteen years and was hired by
  Northeastern University in 1981 to head its new Photography Program\,
  working his way up the ranks to tenure in 1988 and in 2004 was
  promoted to full professor. He retired in 2012. He is an emeritus
  professor at Northeastern. 
 
 Since retiring\, Rantoul has remained active\, making many new bodies
  of work and he has had numerous exhibitions. He now devotes his
  efforts full time to making new work and bringing earlier work to a
  national and international audience. Rantoul has work in practically
  all the permanent collections of museums in the New England region\,
  including the MFA Boston\, the Worcester Art Museum\, The Addison
  Gallery of American Art\, The RISD Museum\, the Fitchburg Art Museum\,
  Harvard Art Museum\, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem\, MA\, among
  others. He has work in the Bibliothèque National in Paris and the
  Kunsthaus in Zurich as well. 
 
 There are many books of Neal Rantoul's photography including American
  Series\, published in 2005 which addresses his work in black and white
  up to 2005\, Above\, aerial photographs of Martha's Vineyard\,
  Paradise\,photographs made after the devastating fires in Paradise\,
  CA in 2019 and his newest book Neal Rantoul: The 8 x 10 Photographs\,
  1984-2005\, published spring 2025. 
 
 Rantoul's work has been represented by several galleries over his long
  career including\, Panopticon Gallery in Boston\, 555 Gallery in
  Boston and PhotoStop Gallery in White River Junction\, Vermont. 
 
 In more recent years Rantoul has maintained an active exhibition
  schedule since moving to Acton\, MA in 2020 with two shows at the
  Acton Senior Center and one at the Acton Library\, and a one-man show
  of aerial photographs at the Martha's Vineyard Museum in 2021. 
 
 Neal Rantoul's studio is in Acton and serves as the archive of his
  life's work. He continues to teach\, often works with students
  one-on-one\, and has taught frequently at the Penland School of Craft
  in North Carolina\, and was invited to teach a workshop at the Baer
  Center in Hofsos\, Iceland in 2017. He also consults\, particularly
  for Photography Departments seeking reaccreditation\, and has served
  on many boards\, including the Photographic Resource Center in Boston
  and the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester\, MA. 
 
 Next up is a large exhibition of his work planned for September 2026
  at the Danforth Museum in Framingham\, MA.
LOCATION:Griffin Museum of Photography\, 67 Shore Road\, Winchester\, MA 01890
URL:https://griffinmuseum.org/event/rantoul_0326/
CATEGORIES:Cultural
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