Photography is Both Business and Pleasure for New Gallerist
Heather Hamacek

51art gallery in Vineyard Haven features the photography of Teresa Kruszewski, who has shifted from working in retail to running an art gallery.

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The New Machine
Vineyard Gazette

All of the photographs in this edition of the Gazette and many of those last week were made into halftone engravings right in the Gazette office on a Fairchild Cadet Scan-A-Graver. The machine was installed last Tuesday by Harrison Morgan and Robert Freeman of the Fairchild Graphic Equipment Corp., and Mr. Morgan stayed on the Island through Wednesday to instruct staff members in its use, and Mr. Freeman was back this week to give further instruction.

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Shaping the Way We See the Island, One Picture at a Time
Mollie Doyle

It’s early on a foggy morning and Alison Shaw is perched in her bright yellow kayak, wearing a blue life vest and snapping photos with her Nikon D810 of in the middle of Sengekontacket Pond.

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Looking for Birds, Finding Dolphins; Photographer Goes With the Flow
Louisa Hufstader

Lanny McDowell is known for his avian photography, but his new exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center focuses on dolphins.

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Island Photography Finds a Digital Home at the Kelley House
Heather Hamacek

Four new flat screen televisions hanging in the lobby of the Kelley House showcase Vineyard photography. The Vineyard’s first digital photo gallery features 11 photographers with strong Vineyard ties. Some 200 photos are featured, approximately 20 from each photographer.

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Art and the Island Are Alessandra Petlin's Secret of Success
Megan Cerullo

Photographer Alessandra Petlin has spent 40 consecutive summers on Martha’s Vineyard at her family’s home on Wayside Farm in Chilmark. But this summer marks a first for the artist. She momentarily stepped out of her Vineyard routine Saturday night to celebrate her first gallery opening, ever.

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Early Bird Catches Worm; Early Photographers Catch All
Connie Berry

What began as two amateur photographers taking pictures every morning on their paper routes has grown to something much bigger than either of them could have imagined.

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Capturing the Serenity Beneath the Wild
Xenia Rakovshik

Quiet, dignified, powerful, with long lashes depicted in all their delicate detail. A horse from Sable Island comes to life in your dining room.

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Vineyard Student Wins Congressional Art Contest

Regional High School student Isabelle Crawford was named “best in show” in the 2014 Congressional Art Competition. Her photograph of an oak tree in North Tisbury will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol.

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An Eye on Posterity

Photographer Peter Simon is currently working on a DVD of his life’s work. The project is called Through the Lens — Celebrating Fifty Years of Personalized Photojournalism.

The completed three-hour DVD will include the stories behind many of his iconic photographs. Mr. Simon is currently raising funds for the project through a kickstarter internet campaign that concludes on July 28, 2013. For more information visit, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2000454548/through-the-lens-celebrat....

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