After Ryder: Photographs by Nicholas Whitman

Former Whaling Museum curator Nicholas Whitman exhibits a selection of his recent photographic work adjacent to the Whaling Museum’s Albert Pinkham Ryder painting, Landscape, c. 1870. 

Whitman has a deep appreciation for Ryder’s work. His photographs address themes in common with the painter, including moody maritime nocturnes and allegorical interpretations of nature. According to the artist, Whitman’s photographs align with Ryder’s emotive expressionism with a modernist’s view.

“Ryder’s paintings evoke emotions from a world beneath the surface. He probes dark seas to find a reality illuminated in moonlight.” – Nicholas Whitman

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.