ART in PHOTOGRAPHY – FIELD TRIP!
Manifest Destiny at The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Mass.
March 14, 2026, 12:30 – 2:30 pm, conversation follows at a nearby pub
We’ve all seen photographs that rise high above a simple record of a time and a place.
What does the photographer do to create an exceptional image that elevates the
viewer? In this field trip, we’ll immerse ourselves into a curated show of exemplary
photographs and talk about what strikes us, what doesn’t, and why.
The Griffin will welcome us with a docent led tour.
The idea is to raise our awareness of the choices the photographer makes in taking a
photo, creating a photo, and selecting a photo to show. It’s a chance to think about and
compare your own creative process to what you see in the work of highly regarded
photographers. RSVP and photographer, Mike Dick, will reach out with more details and
get the group together! Mike Dick will lead the field trip, he has taught well-regarded iPhone
Photography courses at NRAS!
From the Show Pamphlet:
Manifest Destiny refers to the 19th-century belief that the United States was
destined to expand westward across North America. Artists of that era often
responded by romanticizing expansion and conquest, depicting the West as
a vast and “empty” landscape filled with promise. Such images concealed
the realities of dispossession and erased the enduring presence of the
peoples and cultures who had long inhabited these lands
The Griffin Museum’s exhibition Manifest Destiny revisits this legacy
through a contemporary lens, bringing together photographers who
investigate the layered histories held within the American landscape. The
artists in this exhibition create images that bear witness to transformation,
revealing human stories embedded in the land’s somber monumentality.
Here, the emptiness of the landscape becomes a site of tension—between
absence and presence, memory and erasure.
Featuring the work of American and international artists Scott Conarroe,
Craig Easton, Lisa Elmaleh, Rich Frishman, Drew Leventhal, and Victoria
Sambunaris.
The Griffin Museum of Photography brings artists and community together
through dynamic exhibitions, educational programs, and lectures that
explore the visual, emotional, and social impact of photography. Building on
the legacy of our founder, Arthur Griffin, we cultivate opportunities to engage
with and better understand our diverse world through the photographic arts.
Mike Dick will lead the field trip, he has taught well-regarded iPhone Photography
courses at NRAS. NRAS has juried his photographs into many of our shows.
