Kerry is standing holding a bunch of bananas. Her coat is bright yellow. There is snow on the ground. In the background there is a chainlink fence, a frozen concrete slab, and in the distance the towers and smokestacks of a factory. Thy sky is blue.

MEET Kerry

Artist, photographer, maker, mother.

I am a Southern Maine based photographer who creates thoughtful, lasting images of people who want to honestly preserve important moments in their lives.

Artistic creation is part and parcel to who I am. As long as I can remember, I have been creating something.  I found photography after spending most of my life studying dance and the performing arts. What is thrilling about photography is that it transcends visual art. Photography is not just a medium for documentation, it is a time machine. Year after year, we can return to these images and feel the gravity of the passage of time. We experience the “visual absence” of a particular time and place, often just a fraction of a second, that has been preserved in our images.  I believe photography has the power to transport us back to a moment we thought was lost or forgotten, a place we can no longer go, and a feeling that we long for. It is a great responsibility to be invited in to people’s worlds to do this important work.  I strive with every shutter click to honor the trust that has been granted to me and to hold space for my subject, so that I can bring my skill and compositional eye to every shot. 


Education

2003 | University of New Mexico, Bachelor’s, Dance

2015 | Young Audiences of San Diego Teaching Artist Cohort

Exhibitions

2022 | Photo a Go-Go, The Bakery Photo Collective, Portland, Maine.

2021 | Photo a Go-Go To-Go, The Bakery Photo Collective, Portland, Maine.

2019 | The Black and White Show, La Bodega Gallery, San Diego, California

2018 | All My Friends Are Plants, Pinecone + Chickadee, Portland, Maine.

2014 | You Turn Arts Exhibition, Light Box Theater, San Diego, California.

2012 | Adjacent Possible II - “Signaling Pathways, Space For Art San Diego, California.

Awards

2022 | Maine Arts Commission, Springboard Artist Grant

2021 | Maine Arts Commission, Resilience Artist Grant

Press

2022 | Gorham Times, Staff Writer/Photographer

2021 | Emulsive.org, Contributing Writer

Clients

North Star Bodywork

Serendipity Studios

Jessie Goodwin, author

Living Room Dance Collective

Imaginary Island Dance Company

Sydni Fox, stylist

Disco Riot Dance

Birth Roots

Maggie Rintala, personal trainer

Storied Maine

TempoArt, Portland, Maine

Surf Point Foundation, York, Maine

Maine Women’s Conference, Portland, Maine

Jenny Rutherford, Graphic Designer, Gorham, Maine