A Second Look: Bob Eddy's Herald Photography
June 23 through September 1
"A community newspaper like The Herald is entrusted with an incredibly intimate view into people's lives in the small towns we serve,” Eddy said. “It's a role we take very much to heart. I've been privileged to record moments of triumph and achievement, as well as great loss and despair. Everyday experiences and events, when seen through the lens and recorded for posterity, can be astonishingly moving.” The exhibit includes hundreds of images of life in Vermont from the 1980s, ’90s, and early 2000s, all of which appeared in The Herald. "Digital technologies have dramatically changed photography in the past two decades,” Eddy said. “When I started at The Herald we developed prints by hand using methods essentially unchanged for over a century.” Because the darkroom played such a vital role in photography of the era, a recreation of the Herald darkroom is being specially constructed and will take center stage in the exhibit, allowing visitors to insert themselves in the process of creating a photograph before the age of computer imaging.
A member of The Herald's staff since 1987, Eddy studied design, drawing and painting at Middlebury College and Yale University, but credits his father-in-law, Roger Wonson, with introducing him to the darkroom half a century ago. When he joined The Herald, he was mentored by Gordon Harding, a veteran photojournalist who had cut his teeth at the late, great Washington Star before retiring to rural Vermont. Under Harding's guidance, Eddy learned the art and craft of photography by taking, developing, and making prints from nearly 20 rolls of film every week for 15 years. His Herald photography has found critical acclaim in the industry from the New England and Vermont Press Associations. By the time Eddy switched over to digital imaging, his analogue prints and negatives numbered in the tens of thousands.
Eddy has owned and managed First Light Studios in Randolph for almost 20 years, housed in the historic Patch Photography Studio, dating to before 1900. His clients have included Gifford Medical Center, Dartmouth College, VTC, and Middlebury College, the Vermont League of Cities and Towns; the Vermont Land Trust, The Vermont Historical Society, Vermont Butter and Cheese. For over a decade he was photographer for the dairy farmers of the Cabot Cooperative Creamery. His credits beyond The Herald include The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Vermont Life, Vermont Magazine, Reader's Digest and two photographic books for David Rockefeller. Together with his wife, Kathy Wonson Eddy he published “Writing With Light; Meditations for Caregivers in Word and Image” (United Church Press) in 1997.
An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, June 23 from 5-7 pm.
June 23 through September 1
"A community newspaper like The Herald is entrusted with an incredibly intimate view into people's lives in the small towns we serve,” Eddy said. “It's a role we take very much to heart. I've been privileged to record moments of triumph and achievement, as well as great loss and despair. Everyday experiences and events, when seen through the lens and recorded for posterity, can be astonishingly moving.” The exhibit includes hundreds of images of life in Vermont from the 1980s, ’90s, and early 2000s, all of which appeared in The Herald. "Digital technologies have dramatically changed photography in the past two decades,” Eddy said. “When I started at The Herald we developed prints by hand using methods essentially unchanged for over a century.” Because the darkroom played such a vital role in photography of the era, a recreation of the Herald darkroom is being specially constructed and will take center stage in the exhibit, allowing visitors to insert themselves in the process of creating a photograph before the age of computer imaging.
A member of The Herald's staff since 1987, Eddy studied design, drawing and painting at Middlebury College and Yale University, but credits his father-in-law, Roger Wonson, with introducing him to the darkroom half a century ago. When he joined The Herald, he was mentored by Gordon Harding, a veteran photojournalist who had cut his teeth at the late, great Washington Star before retiring to rural Vermont. Under Harding's guidance, Eddy learned the art and craft of photography by taking, developing, and making prints from nearly 20 rolls of film every week for 15 years. His Herald photography has found critical acclaim in the industry from the New England and Vermont Press Associations. By the time Eddy switched over to digital imaging, his analogue prints and negatives numbered in the tens of thousands.
Eddy has owned and managed First Light Studios in Randolph for almost 20 years, housed in the historic Patch Photography Studio, dating to before 1900. His clients have included Gifford Medical Center, Dartmouth College, VTC, and Middlebury College, the Vermont League of Cities and Towns; the Vermont Land Trust, The Vermont Historical Society, Vermont Butter and Cheese. For over a decade he was photographer for the dairy farmers of the Cabot Cooperative Creamery. His credits beyond The Herald include The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Vermont Life, Vermont Magazine, Reader's Digest and two photographic books for David Rockefeller. Together with his wife, Kathy Wonson Eddy he published “Writing With Light; Meditations for Caregivers in Word and Image” (United Church Press) in 1997.
An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, June 23 from 5-7 pm.