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PhoPa's latest exhibition features the significant collection of photographer, collector, and book store owner Timothy Whelan.  Timothy Whelan: Photographer as Collector opened this week and features several of Whelan's own images, as well as a rich sampling of photographs from world-renowned artists and Maine Media luminaries including Paul Caponigro, Joyce Tenneson, Tillman Crane, Elizabeth Opalenick, Andrea Modica, Norman Mauskopf, Christopher James, Craig Stevens, Costa Manos, Arno Minkkinen and Stella Johnson, among others. PhoPa’s co-directors Bruce Brown and Jon Edwards curated the exhibition.

Whelan, an Ohio native, arrived in Maine in 1989 for a job at the Workshops and later opened his Rockport bookstore, Timothy Whelan Photography: Fine Photographic Prints & Books. His store served as a popular meeting ground for the legions of master photographers who came to teach at the Workshops. As a result, Whelan amassed one of the finest collections of contemporary photography in Maine, and the intimate shop soon became recognized as one of the finest photo bookstores in the country. Although the original bookstore officially closed in 2010, a smaller venue continues today at the Maine Media Gallery in the center of Rockport village.

A free artist's talk, "The Inside Story" is set for Sunday, April 21 at 2 p.m. at the PhoPa Gallery. Whelan will share stories about his friendships with the celebrated photographers, and observations about their works that he has collected. The exhibition runs through Saturday, May 4.

Resources:

http://www.mainemedia.edu

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