The Fenway Series

When people say baseball is their ‘passion’ they are usually referring to the sport and the teams. While I dearly (and yes, passionately) love the sport and the teams, for me the stadium (particularly Fenway Park) and the fans are the first and foremost objects of my interest. I spent seasons photographing in and around Fenway Park with the goal of capturing small moments that describe, in a picture rather than words, what the place is really all about. What these pictures show – the noise, the underbelly of the stadium, the glare of the light towers, the smell of beer mixed with cotton candy and grilled sausages, the fervor of the fans when we are winning, the looks of devastation when we aren’t – sustain me when the season is over, and remind me (as we always say when we lose on opening day), “there’s always next year.”

One of the images in the Fenway series, The Pretzel Vendor, has received special attention.

The image was selected by Malcolm Rogers, director of The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and Dick Bresciani, archivist/historian for Fenway Park, along with the work of 5 other photographers, for special exhibition at the MFA and display at Fenway Park in 2012.  The MFA selected The Pretzel Vendor as the the exhibition’s leading image.

We were recognized at a pre-game ceremony at Fenway Park. This photo was also on display through the summer on the Boston Harbor Walk located behind the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel.

The Fenway collection includes a number of other images of the iconic park and its intensely loyal fans.