© Karl Decker

Photographs from Karl Decker's series, "The People of Townshend, Vermont, 1998-2003", will be on exhibit during June and July at the Brown Library of Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The black and white gelatin silver prints are 20"x20," and were printed from Decker's medium format negatives here at Connecticut Photographics by Catherine Vanaria. There will be an opening reception on June 18th at 4:30-6 pm. Driving directions are on the Sterling College website.

Decker's environmental portraits reflect his deep rela

tionship with Townshend, Vermont, the small rural town in which he has spent time throughout his life. The photographs take the pulse of the town from 1998-2003, with its changes measured against the persistence of its inhabitants. Decker is a writer as well as a photographer, and I do believe some

of the deep listening of a writer comes through in his photographs. A selection from his series is viewable on Decker's website here.

In other news... Ben and Trudie Larrabee were kind enough to send us photos from the exhibition on Nantucket. They're at the end of the post from May 20.

~Lys

Added 7/13--Karl sent us some photos from the reception, and here they are: