Cleveland Photo Fest presents Through the Lens: A Portrait Show, a curated group exhibition celebrating the art of portraiture and the stories behind the faces.
The show opens this Saturday, April 5, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at the Brownhoist Gallery and runs through May 1, offering plenty of time to come experience the rich collection of human moments captured by photographers from across the region and beyond… including yours truly.
I love witnessing people in their element — doing things that make them happy. We look most like ourselves when we’re doing something we love, and I want to capture that, whether through words or photos.
I took this picture on my family’s farm during a recent summer visit. My dad had worked as a dairy farmer since he was a teenager.
Retirement was not easy for him. He liked to work, and he missed the challenge and joy of working with animals every day. Raising “the bunnies” became his way of slowly getting used to the idea of life after labor.
The day I took this photo, he was telling me about each rabbit, taking them out of their pens and showing them to me one by one.
I think this little guy was named Tubby.
Come for the art, stay for the stories. See you there!
