“Call the Dogs” exhibit at South x Southeast Photo Gallery
December 8, 2024
A big thank you, Elizabeth Avedon. You made Oona’s Day. (And mine!) Oona is running in circles with the wonderful news that “Boat House” will be in the exhibit “Call the Dogs” at the sxsegallery. Online mid December through mid February. Photos are all for sale. Many thanks to Nancy McCrary, Publisher/Founding Editor, for her commitment to the sxsegallery.com
This photograph is part of a series captured during the quiet isolation of COVID at my husband's family camp. In the same cabin where generations of his family had slept, I reflected on their physical similarities and their bond to this place. What does it feel like to inherit such a deep connection to land and history? And for those displaced, what is lost in the absence of such rootedness? This series explores the tension between memory, legacy, and the fragility of connection to place.
Maclean’s Magazine Feature: St. George: Ebb & Flow
September 10, 2024
St. George: Ebb and Flow is featured in Maclean’s Magazine - online and in print. It includes an interview with me, 10 photos and the story behind each one.
Maclean’s describes itself as “Canada’s national magazine covers politics, culture, trends, ideas and personalities with a focus on longform feature storytelling. Maclean’s helps readers understand their country and their world.” Their readership is 3.5 million.
Online September 2024 - In print October 2024
Book Publication Day!
August 20, 2024
Many, many thanks to Goose Lane Editions for the publication of my book St. George: Ebb & Flow. I’m thrilled, and want to thank my community of St. George.
This trade book is available through Goose Lane Editions, Amazon, or at bookstores. It is 8 x 8” with sewn binding.
The introduction is by John Leroux, curator of my exhibit at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
The book retails for $27.
Beaverbrook Art Gallery Exhibition Opens
August 2, 2024
My exhibition of St. George: Ebb & Flow opens today, at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
What an honor and a thrill to see my photos on the wall of this museum.
The show runs until mid-November and is certainly worth a visit!
August 2, 2024 - November 17, 2024
Lenscratch Feature: St. George: Ebb & Flow
September 3, 2024
Thank you Aline Smithson for featuring St. George: Ebb & Flow on Lenscratch and writing this fantastic introduction:
"Susan Lapides brings a lifetime of deep seeing to her photographs, straddling the editorial and fine art arenas with finesse and humanity. Her multi-year project of territory close to home, St. George: Ebb and Flow, opened as an exhibition at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery on August 2nd and will run through November 17th with an opening on Friday, September 6, 2024. The work is also on exhibition at Gallery 78 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and both exhibitions will be accompanied by a monograph under the same title, published by Goose Lane Editions."
Critical Mass Top 2024: Top 200 Announced
St George: Ebb & Flow selected
August 14, 2024
Amazing News! It is a huge honor to have my project St. George: Ebb & Flow selected for the Critical Mass 2024 Top 200, along with so many friends and colleagues. Each photographer makes such varied, fantastic work.
Thank you to the jurors who review thousands of photographs to make this decision.
Griffin Museum of Photography
Vision(ary) Outdoor Exhibition includes St. George: Ebb & Flow
June 2024
The town of Winchester, MA in conjunction with the Griffin Museum creates a walking museum throughout the town center of 4 paneled outdoor exhibitions, each one featuring an artist. I am thrilled that work from my project St. George: Ebb & Flow is included in this wonderful event!
“The Town of Winchester plays host to this summer exhibition, with installations throughout Winchester Town Center. Photographers from around New England and across the country are highlighted in a unique format. The exhibition concept and Photo Cube structures are designed by our long time partner, Photoville.
Creating a photographic walking trail around the town of Winchester, where the Griffin Museum is located, Vision(ary) is a public art installation showcasing national, international and New England photo based artists. Downtown Winchester is filled with sidewalk art, featuring the students of local Winchester schools and local Winchester based photographic artists.
The Griffin Museum is happy to partner with Photoville and the Winchester Cultural District again this year to bring this installation to life. It is also a pleasure to collaborate with the students of Network for Social Justice and MassArt.”
For an interview with me and photos, click here
The event runs: June 7 - September 27, 2024
Brand Library & Art Center Exhibition Opens
November 2023
I’m thrilled that a large selection from my series Screen Time is displayed at the Brand Library & Art Center, in Glendale, CA, as part of the stunning new exhibition “If Memory Serves.” The exhibition runs from December 2023-February 2024, and more info can be found here.
Artists Include: Safi Alia Shabaik, Elizabeth Bailey, Dena Elisabeth Eber, Sarah Hadley, Diane Hemingway, Rohina Hoffman, Susan Lapides, Annette LeMay Burke, Annie Omens, Lori Ordover, Aurora Wilder Collective (Jennifer Pritchard in collaboration with Patrick Corrigan and DALL-E), Aline Smithson and Rosalie Rosenthal
November 2023 - February 2024
Exhibition at the Michael Foley Gallery: ExLab
Screen Time on display
June 2023
I’m honored to have my Screen Time work included in the 2023 Exhibition Lab show at the Michael Foley Gallery in New York City.
The show runs June 1-24.
Artists include: Brad Jones, Claude De Backer, Mayita Mendez, Ralph Salomon, Suzette Dushi, Nadide Goksun, Susan Lapides, and Jo Ann Chaus
Dallas Center for Photography Show Opens
Sea Change on display
April - May 2023
I’m thrilled that Sea Change is on display at the new Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience show at the Dallas Center for Photography, in Dallas, Texas. Memory is a Verb brings together eleven women to examine the universal concepts of loss, mortality, legacy, and the exploration of what inspires us to seek solace and reexamine our histories.
The eleven artists are Aline Smithson, Annette LeMay Burke, Annie Omens, Dena Eber, Diane Hemingway, Elizabeth Bailey, Jennifer Pritchard, Lori Ordover, Rosalie Rosenthal, Sarah Hadley and Susan Lapides.
Oceanside Museum of Art Opening
Memory is a Verb show includes Sea Change
Jan 28- May 14, 2023
Oceanside, CA
Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience is a new group exhibition to be showcased at the Oceanside Museum of Art reflecting on memory, nostalgia, time, and human identity through the lens of eleven female photographers.
My Sea Change installation space is 6ft x 12ft, and displays a wide variety of images from this series.
Oceanside Museum of Art: Sea Change on Display
Jan 28- May 14, 2023
Oceanside, CA
I’m honored to have a large selection from Sea Change on display at the Oceanside Museum of Art, as part of the Memory is a Verb exhibition. For my 6’ x 12’ space, I created a dynamic collage, featuring many of the portraits I’ve made for this series, over the years. The work is on display until May 14, 2023 at the Oceanside Museum of Art.
The Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience exhibition’s participating artists are Elizabeth Bailey, Annette LeMay Burke, Dena Eber, Sarah Hadley, Diane Hemingway, Susan Lapides, Annie Omens, Lori Ordover, Jennifer Pritchard, Rosalie Rosenthal, and Aline Smithson.
Sunbury Shores Art Centre: Sea Change
July 2022
St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
I am delighted that my first solo exhibit of Sea Change will be held at Sunbury Shores Art Centre in St. Andrews, New Brunswick Canada. This is the region where my photographs were created, so many of the girls and their families are able to attend the show!
The show is open to the public, all are invited to attend.
July 22 – August 13, 2022 | Opening Friday, July 22, 5 – 7 pm
Artist Talk Saturday, August 6, 2:30 – 3:30 pm
OPEN HOUSE: Wednesday, August 10, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Atlanta Photography Group: Annual Airport Exhibit
“Sarah, age 12” from Sea Change included
September 2022
Atlanta, Georgia
Thank you to Donna Garcia, Director and juror, and to Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator, Photography, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
It’s an honor to have “Sarah, age 12” included in this show.
The work is on display: Sept 22, 2022 - January 25, 2023
The Danforth Museum: 5 Years of Aspect Initiative
March 2022
Wonderful to have my image “Kayla, age 14” from Sea Change included in this show at the Danforth Museum, in Framingham, Mass.
5 Years of Aspect Initiative includes the work of 33 photographers, highlighting a broad range of photographic practice. The exhibition opens to the public on March 26. Join the Danforth and the artists for a reception on Saturday, March 26 2022, 6:00-8:00.
Participating Artists: Scott Alberg, Liz Albert, Lindsey Beal, Emily Belz, Jessica Burko, Granville Carroll, Marie Craig, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Elizabeth Ellenwood, Bill Franson, Amy Giese, Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Michael Joseph, Greg Jundanian, Tira Khan, Marky Kauffmann, Mary Kocol, Molly Lamb, Susan Lapides, Alyssa Minahan, Margaret Mitchell, Camillo Ramirez, Astrid Reischwitz, Suzanne Revy, Gail Samuelson, Nick Schietromo, Jean Schnell, Dana Smith, Sean Sullivan, JP Terlizzi, Remi Thornton, Dineke Versluis, Cate Wnek
The show runs: March 26 - June 5, 2022
New York City for Photographic Arts: 10th Anniversary “Your Best Shot”
October 2022
“Evening Walk” from my St George: Ebb & Flow series is included in “Your Best Shot” exhibit opening tonight. Thanks to Elizabeth Avedon for this amazing honor, and for a Juror’s Award. Thanks to New York City for Photographic Arts for creating this opportunity. Thank you Maddi Ring and Patricia Gilman for your dedication creating 10 years of juried shows.
It’s a terrific show! Congratulations to all the other photographers.
On display at: Jadite Galleries, 660 10th Ave (47th), NYC - until Oct 29, 2022
Lenscratch Feature: The Lobster Girls
(now titled Sea Change)
March 2022
I invite you to see my project The Lobster Girls and an interview with me featured on Lenscratch. Link is HERE. Many thanks to Aline Smithson for guiding me through the past year to work on completion of this project and for posting it on Lenscratch.
A big thank you to Jennifer Pritchard for interviewing me and encouraging my thoughts and writing.
A rural fishing community of Eastern Canada inspired me to photograph seventeen girls annually holding a lobster, assembling two to six portraits of each one. This tidal landscape and shifting light of the Bay of Fundy elevate the fleeting nature of the stages of girlhood. By creating this series, I study identity and femininity and how family, local culture and the pervasive influences of society at large manifest themselves in each girl over time.
8th Annual Photoville Fence comes to Winchester, at the Griffin Museum
Includes Sea Change (then titled Crustaceans)
June 2020
Winchester MA (just North of Boston)
“The Photoville FENCE is a year-round public photography project exhibited in major parks and downtowns across North America. Featuring over 85 photographers, The Photoville FENCE brings compelling visual stories into the public realm.”
it is wonderful to see Sea Change (then titled Crustaceans) on the lawn outside of the Griffin Museum, as part of the 8th annual Photoville FENCE.
Pictura Gallery Blog Feature: Crustaceans
(now titled Sea Change)
January 2020
I’m really thrilled to have this great feature! From the text:
“I am absolutely in love with Susan Lapides’ project “Crustaceans.” This work features portraits of young girls and teens holding lobsters. Yes, you heard me correctly- portraits of young girls and teens holding lobsters. Never in a million years would I have imagined that such an unlikely pairing would steal my heart. First and foremost, this series is sweetly and delightfully funny. However, the success of the work doesn’t just rest in its humor. Lapides has managed to create a series whose premise is simple, and yet, has an unexpectedly nuanced emotional depth.”
Full feature is HERE
Newport Art Museum, Forever Young Exhibit
October 2019
Newport, Rhode Island
Featured in the NewportRI News
I’m excited that my photograph Summertime is the lead image in the NewportRI.com review of Forever Young. In the exhibit my photographs are hanging next to a Winslow Homer illustration. And the exhibit has photographs by Diane Arbus, and Sally Mann among many others.
The exhibit runs: October 5, 2019 - December 31, 2019
2019 Critical Mass Top 200 Finalists Announced
Crustaceans (now Sea Change) is selected!
August 2019
Overjoyed that Crustaceans was selected from thousands of portfolios as a CRITICAL MASS 2019 Top 200 Finalist!
Many thanks to all of the jurors who worked tirelessly to make this happen.
”The aim of Critical Mass is to provide participants with career-building opportunities and to promote the best emerging and mid-career artists working today. Critical Mass is about exposure, connection, and community.”
Lenscratch Feature: Crustaceans (now titled Sea Change)
June 2019
I am delighted to announce that my Crustaceans series is featured on the highly respected Lenscratch online photo journal with a beautiful introduction by the editor, photographer, mentor, and friend, Aline Smithson:
“These portraits capture a modernized Venus in the Clamshell pose against a watery backdrop where we witness the changing physicality and posture of her subjects. She challenges them to hold a live lobster as they present themselves to the camera–it’s in the subtle gestures of how they hold the crustacean that reveal parts of their personalities, changing as they grow older.”
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts;
Outspoken: Expanded Show Opens
March 2019
Many Many thanks to Marky Kaufman for creating Outspoken: Expanded. She has utilized her strong vision in gathering a group of women photographers for this powerful show. I am overjoyed to be included.
Included in the exhibit, from my Crustacean series; Mackenzie, ages 11 & 12, Rachel, ages 14 & 15, and Sina, age 20.
Outspoken: Expanded This invitational exhibition brings together the work of nine women; Nadine Boughton, Blake Fitch, Nancy Grace Horton, Marky Kauffmann, Tira Kahn, Susan Lapides, Sunjoo Lee, Rania Matar and Emily Schiffer to explore and challenge ideas related to being and growing up.
Exhibition: March 21, 2019 – April 12, 2019
Opening Reception: March 21th 5:00 – 9:00pm