Gail Samuelson
Wearing Up
For A Yellow Rose project, I photograph my mother and aunt’s dresses and other garments as metaphors for the toughness and resilience of women: for the suffragists whose hard fought fight led to the ratification of the 19th amendment; and for all women who continue to work tirelessly for parity in the workplace, in government, and at home. My mother and aunt had careers in the women’s dress manufacturing business, in sales and design respectively, in post WWII NYC, a time when there were few women in their positions. Hand-sewn hems, solid pleats, and worn sleeves represent the competence and grit of their generation and of every generation of women who continue to work towards equality for all.
Gail Samuelson is a fine art photographer based in Sherborn, MA and Cape Cod. Her work explores themes of family history, identity, and sense of place.
Samuelson has a BA in Biology from Skidmore College, an MBA from Simmons University, and studied photography at the Mass College of Art, Griffin Museum of Photography, New England School of Photography, and Maine Media Workshops.
Her work has been shown in solo and juried exhibits in galleries and museums including the Griffin Museum of Photography, 555 Gallery, M Gallery in Boston, the Cambridge Arts Association, the Danforth Museum, and the Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson, NY. Her work is held in private and corporate collections, as well as in the permanent collection of the Danforth Museum in Framingham, MA.
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