An Artist Gallery Conversation with Stan Sherer

Sep 29, 2024 - Sep 29, 2024 3:00 pm | Category: Gallery Conversation

Stan Sherer will share the Why and How of his artwork with a digital slide presentation.

In September, the Robert Floyd Gallery will host a retrospective exhibition of the career of Northampton photographer Stan Sherer. An opening reception will be held on September 22, and a closing reception on October 6. Sherer will give a gallery talk on September 29.

The exhibit will include Sherer's early photographs on the streets of New York City and later photographs of Northampton's shopkeepers, Massachusetts farmers, and the Northampton State Hospital. It will also include images from Albania, China, France, Israel, the Philippines, Russia, and West Africa, showing how Sherer has depicted daily life in varied cultures.

Sherer is an independent photographer, fine art digital printmaker, and filmmaker in Northampton. He holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts. He has exhibited across the United States, Europe, and China and has published seven books of photographs. He is donating his photographic work (prints, negatives, and digital files) to the Special Collections and University Archives of the W.E.B Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts and to the Forbes Library.