13FOREST Gallery is pleased to invite you to a special event hosted in partnership with the Arlington International Film Festival. Following the New England premiere of the film Dear Memories at the Capitol Theater on Saturday, November 4 at 2:45 pm, the public will be invited to a post-screening discussion at the gallery from 4:30-6:30 pm with two nationally recognized photographers and educators, Lisa Kessler and Larry Volk.
Written and directed by Nahuel Lopez, Dear Memories is a journey with the legendary German Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker. One of the most important living photographers worldwide, Hoepker's pictures became icons of photojournalism. After a 2017 diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, he embarks on his last big dream - a road trip through the USA with his wife Christine. Hoepker, the man whose art has become part of the collective memory, is now losing his own memories; all the while he continues to see life through his unique eyes and captures his visions on film for us to see.
Be sure to check the Arlington International Film Festival website for more great films being shown at the Capitol from November 2-5!
Featured Speakers
Lisa Kessler is a nationally recognized photographer and educator based in Boston. She is known for long-term projects on culture, education, health, and faith, including “the idea of the color pink in America;” the scourge of sexual abuse; young people in our public schools; and portraits of families coping with homicide.
Her work is in the permanent collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Teaching Museum of Lehigh University. She teaches at Endicott College and the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Larry Volk is an artist, educator, lecturer and author. His visual work explores family history, identity through biographical narratives. He has lectured nationally on imaging, portfolio production and art practice. He is a member-artist of the Bromfield Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts.
A Professor of photography in the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Endicott College, he holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.
Dear Memories will screen at 2:45 pm on Saturday, 11/4 at the Capitol Theater, located at 204 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02474.
Dear Memories post-screening reception will take place from 4:30-6:30 pm across the street at 13FOREST Gallery, located at 167A Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02474.
