Vermont Center for Photography

Sam Pettengill is a photographer and educator. He printed for photographer Rodney Smith in New York for eight years and taught darkroom techniques for Smith’s workshops at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. Since returning to western Massachusetts, he has taught photography at Northfield Mount Hermon School and Stoneleigh-Burnham School.

A Western Massachusetts native and lifelong photographer, John Kudukey found his artistic “voice” through the medium of large format black and white photography. His formal training in photography began at the University of Massachusetts, where he would later earn a doctorate in Science Education. John’s unique perspective combines an uncompromising scientific background with intuitive artistic expressiveness. His work has been influenced by several professional photographers, the most notable of whom was his friend and mentor, the late Fred Picker.

Michael Havey received his bachelor’s in Art History from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and did graduate level work in printmaking (etching and lithography) at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and University of Hartford Art School. He has worked as an art director and creative director in advertising agencies and design studios, and as an art director for magazines in New York, Connecticut and New Hampshire. He has been a fine arts photographer for more than fifteen years, concentrating on reportage, landscapes and city scapes, nudes and portraiture. Havey is most interested in traditional, non-digital, medium format photography and has shown his work at Vermont Center for Photography; Thorne Sagendorf Gallery, Keene, New Hampshire; The Works Gallery, Keene, New Hampshire, and ArtSpace, Portland, Maine.

- Peter Haas has been interested in photography as long as he can remember, from large format to digital. His formal education was in biology, including a Master’s from Harvard. He has worked as a manager and analyst for a number of industries, and while he is currently entering senescence, he still hasn’t decided what to be when he grows up. 

- Suzanne L. Flynt of Dummerston, VT, is Curator of Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where she oversees a photography collection of over 20,000 photographs and negatives.  Suzanne’s interest in nineteenth-century photography resulted in The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographers 1885-1920, 2002, awarded the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities 2002 Book Prize, and the Allen Sisters traveling exhibition. At the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, she guest curated the photography exhibitions” Lyric Image: Pictorial Photographs 1890-1915,” in 1998, and “Robert Flynt: Highlights and Darks,” in 2008. Suzanne practices wet plate collodion and pin-hole photography, exhibited in “Topography of Time” at the Vermont Center for Photography in 2009. 

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-Judith Klein-Dial has worked in the book business and/or in a related field for most of her professional life. She lives in N.H.

Richard T Ritter has been a photographer of the large format camera for over 25 years. A graduate of Hallmark School of Photography, he has developed a distinct perspective in photographing the land and its elements. His black and white images often focus on shapes and textures; small aspects of the natural environment offering unexpected contrasts and patterns which produce a mystical tension.
Richard worked at Zone VI Studios with Fred Picker for 15 years. There, Richard was responsible for the design and construction of many fine photographic Zone VI products. It was during this period that Richard devoted time to the art of the large format camera and black and white printing. Ritter had the opportunity to seek the knowledge and guidance of Fred Picker and many of the leading photographers, photo educators and artists through the Zone VI Workshops and alumni of Hallmark. Richard has stated that he gained invaluable insight to the artistic approach of photography by working with and listening to the critical views of some of the key leaders in the field.
Richard lives in Townshend, Vermont, where he uses his skills as a master craftsman to restore and repair large format cameras and cameras of historical importance. He also manufactures a line of custom-made ULFcameras.

- Al Karevy has enjoyed a twenty year career in photography, shooting an incredible range of objects. From his large studio in Keene, New Hampshire, Al concentrates on product photography. On location, he photographs buildings, people and products. He shoot catalogs and advertising photos for many large corporations, as well as for local craftspeople and architects. He has created numerous annual reports and magazine pieces over the years.

Jennifer Karpin-Hobbs joined the VCP part time as Gallery Manager in the Fall of 2009. She brings years of entrepreneurial experience in running a small business, having owned and operated a wholesale line of artisan jewelry; a nationally distributed jazz music magazine; a Vermont bed & breakfast; and her other current occupation, a vintage clothing studio and websites. She is focused on growing sales for the VT Center for Photography gallery, along with providing excellent customer service for its members, friends and visitors.

Jennifer studied Fine Art Photography at the Art Institute of Boston, and later took photography courses at Marlboro College with John Willis. She is a new VCP gallery member, working on a project photographing the people and landscapes of the Republic of Georgia. When not at the VCP or her vintage studio, she can usually be found singing in one of several area community choruses. 

Jeffrey Lapid is a photographer and clinical psychologist. He’s been in numerous shows. His current show is at Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s Claremont, NH office. 

- Doug Frank is an artist and photographer in Putney, Vermont. He does fine art and stock photography. His company is Milagro WebPhoto. Doug says, “I love digital photography because I love to make beautiful images without a stinky darkroom. I shoot pictures all day long, and print until the sun comes up, so I get to make art around the clock.”