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07/03/2025 - 08/17/2025
Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Road
MA 01890 Winchester
griffinmuseum.org/show/alina-saranti-far-from/
The Griffin is pleased to present the work of Alina Saranti as part of the celebration of its member artists. Ms. Saranti was included in their 30th Annual Juried Members exhibition, winning the Directors Prize.
"In my project Far From I want to make visible what landscape photography can look like for a female photographer with child rearing responsibilities. I combine landscape photographs of the American West with embroidery to challenge the masculinity of traditional landscape photography and the myth of the West. Landscape photography was traditionally dominated by male photographers as it was deemed unsafe and impractical for women who were constrained to the domestic sphere, close to their housekeeping and child rearing duties. The myths of the American West, its rugged, open, wild landscape have also been closely associated with macho masculinity, the idea of the independent, tough man, ready to draw on his weapon, to conquer and defend the land. Landscape photography also contributed to the history of conquest of the West with its role in surveying and controlling."
Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Road
MA 01890 Winchester
griffinmuseum.org/show/alina-saranti-far-from/
The Griffin is pleased to present the work of Alina Saranti as part of the celebration of its member artists. Ms. Saranti was included in their 30th Annual Juried Members exhibition, winning the Directors Prize.
"In my project Far From I want to make visible what landscape photography can look like for a female photographer with child rearing responsibilities. I combine landscape photographs of the American West with embroidery to challenge the masculinity of traditional landscape photography and the myth of the West. Landscape photography was traditionally dominated by male photographers as it was deemed unsafe and impractical for women who were constrained to the domestic sphere, close to their housekeeping and child rearing duties. The myths of the American West, its rugged, open, wild landscape have also been closely associated with macho masculinity, the idea of the independent, tough man, ready to draw on his weapon, to conquer and defend the land. Landscape photography also contributed to the history of conquest of the West with its role in surveying and controlling."