2016 Monhegan Photo Invitational Catalog

MONHEGAN ISLAND PHOTO INVITATIONAL 2016
penny hoey j michael sullivan jason philbrook steven aimone david aimone

monhegan photo festival founding sponsors
Deep appreciation to those who furnished financial and energetic support
to make this event possible:
Ellen Egger Aimone
Katherine Aimone
Lydia Aimone
Vicky Braik-Bourget
Valerie Cargo
Mary Beth Cornelius
Johanna DeHoff and
David Troup
Marcia Egger
Ruth Egger
Nancy Farrell
Dyanne Gardiner
John Green
Penny Hoey
Melinda Hoffman
Ken Kartes
Stephanie Kaylor
J. Raymond Kelley
Jill Fishon-Kovac
Bob Kusewski
Mary Juson
Gary Larsen
Jeff McCrum
Nancy Meyer
Elizabeth E. Michaud
Kelly Milukas
Steve Patton
Betty B. Perry
Christine Pienciak Peters
Eileen Power
Anna Rac
Garnet Reardon
Sarah Royka
Rhenda Saporito
Henry Senger
Andrea Smith
Jeanne Smith
Pilar Arthur-Snead
Anthony Spina
Patty M. Stinson
Liz Haywood-Sullivan
Martha Wakefield
Bruce and Holly Weber
Jill Windwer
Several Anonymous
contributors
thank you to the photographers for contributing their time and talents to the exhibition.
A special thanks to Jason philbrook for inviting us to travel the exhibition to his venue in rockland,
deep appreciation to host david aimone for serving as organizer for the event.
Image, title page: david aimone, Carina House, Monhegan Island. 4x5" film camera, Efke PL25M film developed in pyrocat-mc
Image, inside back cover: david aimone, The Carina House Gallery, Sony A7r full frame camera Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 lens. 2012
catalog design: Steven Aimone, typeface: blair MdlTC TT, Printer: Modern Postcard
editor: Katherine AImone, www.artswrite.com
published by Aimone Art Press, asheville, nc/monhegan, me
Copyright 2016
aimone art studios at the carina house
131 Main Street PO Box 362 monhegan, me 04852
www.thecarinahouse.com

MONHEGAN ISLAND
PHOTO INVITATIONAL 2016
AIMONE STUDIOS AT THE CARINA HOUSE
MONHEGAN, MAINE, MAY 27 - JUNE 5
25 Oak Street, Rockland, Maine, June 30 - July 10

Welcome to the 2016 Monhegan Island
Photo invitational. This show inaugurates
the Monhegan island Photo Festival
hosted by Aimone Studios at The
Carina House. Organized by David and
Steven Aimone, The exhibition is on view
from May 27-June 5, 2016 before traveling
to 25 oak street in Rockland, Maine
from June 30-July 10.
the 2016 invitational features work by
noted photographers Penny Hoey, jason
philbrook, j michael sullivan, David
Aimone, and steven aimone.
Steven and katherine Aimone purchased
the iconic, wood-framed building known as
The Carina House in late 2007 where they
have since had painting studios. Steven and
david Aimone share time there each year,
photographing the island's enormously
diverse and beautiful landscape.
Monhegan is recognized as a painter's and
bird-watcher's paradise, and it is also a
photographer's dreamscape. Its rich
history includes the works of Bertrand
Wentworth, Ralph Steiner, Lorimer
Brackett, and Arthur Wayland Cutting.
in more recent history are well-known
photograhphers such as John Paul
Caponigro, Bryan Hitchcock, Peter
Ralston, Amy Toensing, and others.
contemporary photography has a vital
presence on the island. In the summer
and fall, visitors arrive with photography
equipment and spend days studying the
island's many possibilities. highly dedicated
bird watchers document their sightings
photographically during the spring and
fall, and members of the winter community
photograph the island year-round.
with the advent of smart-phone cameras,
nearly everyone that comes to the island
participates in photographing their
experiences in one form or another.
In May 2015, the Carina House presented
"From Maine to Montepulciano:
Photographic Responses to timeless
places," featuring David and Steven's work.
because of its success, they began to
brainstorm ways to expand and nurture
the photographic community on the island.
The idea of an annual Photo Festival came
up in talks, and They decided to launch the
first year with the invitational
exhibition that you see here.
The Aimones are exploring ways to make
the Monhegan island Photo festival an
annual event to encourage the
experience and practice of photography
on the island. We hope you enjoy this
inaugual exhibition and catalogue,
and contribute your own interpretations
to the island's photographic lineage.

david aimone
saratoga springs, new york
I consider myself very fortunate to be able to return to Monhegan Island often, even if for relatively short periods of
time. Monhegan is a small island, but with such a variety of environments and moods to be explored by the many artists
who work there. Returning to the same but ever-changing subjects and scenes on the island, over time, enables me to
evolve with both technical and artistic aspects of image-making on the island.
DAVID AIMONE
Monhegan Woods, 2014
Digital Negative from Sony A7R Full-Frame Camera, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 lens
gold-Toned Kallitype on Arches Platine Paper
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left
DAVID AIMONE
Earth and Sea, 2011
Chamonix 045N-2 4x5" view camera
Rodenstock Sironar-N 150mm Lens
Efke PL25M film Developed in
Pyrocat-MC Gold-Toned Kallitype
on Arches Platine Paper
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right
DAVID AIMONE
Red Ribbon Trail, 2014
Digital Negative from Sony A7R
Full-Frame Camera
Two-Color Gum Bichromate
(magenta and yellow)
over Cyanotype, over
Palladium-Toned Kallitype,
on Arches Platine Paper
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DAVID AIMONE
Graveyard Fence, Monhegan island, Maine, 2015
Kodak Hawkeye Brownie Flash Camera
with Flipped Lens
120-Format Fuji Acros 100 Film developed in
Pyrocat-MC Developer
archival Inkjet Print
DAVID AIMONE
Skiff, Swim Beach, Monhegan Island, 2015
Kodak Hawkeye Brownie Flash Camera
with Flipped Lens
120-Format Fuji Acros 100 Film
developed in Pyrocat-MC Developer
archival Inkjet Print

DAVID AIMONE
Monhegan Spruce Forest,
Monhegan Island, 2014
Digital Negative from Sony A7R
Full-Frame Camera
Sony FE 24-70mm f/4 lens
Palladium-Toned
Kallitype on Arches Platine Paper 9

j michael sullivan
Marshfield Hills, massachusetts
My father, Jack Sullivan Jr., photographed Monhegan Island in the summer of
1975 traveling with a group of fellow photographers from the Alpha photo
group of Washington D.C. Back then very few outside of Maine had even heard
of Monhegan. His dedication to capturing "the essence" of a place largely
inspired me to become a professional photographer in 1977. I dedicate these
images to his memory.
J MICHAEL SULLIVAN
The Fenris has Landed
Nikon D800 + Sigma 20mm f/1.8
1/320 sec; f/8; ISO 100
Processed in DxO Optics Pro

J MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Elemental Monhegan
Nikon D800 + Samyang 14mm
f/2.8. 30 sec; f/2.8; ISO 2500
Processed in DxO Optics Pro 11

opposite page
J MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Deep in the Woods
Nikon D800 + Nikkor 14-24mm
f/2.8. 1/50 sec; f/8; ISO 360
Processed in DxO Optics Pro
right
J MICHAEL SULLIVAN
the house painter
Nikon D800
Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VR
1/160 sec; f/8; ISO 100
Processed in DxO Optics Pro

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J MICHAEL SULLIVAN
A Soft Breeze Blows Through
Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VR (blend of eight
10 sec exposures) 10 sec; f/16; ISO 50
Processed in DxO Optics Pro
J MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Novelty Obscured
Pentax K-3 + DA* 60-250mm
1/100 sec; f/5.6; ISO 100
Processed in DxO Optics Pro

jason philbrook
owls head, me
I've been making quick visits to
Monhegan for work for years
but couldn't sneak in much time
for photography on the island.
I was familiar with the island,
but not familiar in the way intentional
photography connects
me to a place. Taking the time to
photograph here has shown me
Monhegan has the wildness and
energy that we expect to find on
the coast of Maine, but turned up
to 11. The rocks, woods, sky, and
ocean I love seem familiar, but
much much more intense away
from the mainland. I can manage
to show little excerpts of this
boldness in photographs.
JASON PHILBROOK
untitled, 2015
Rolleiflex Automat
medium format camera
75mm Tessar lens
Kodak Tmax 400 film
developed in pyrocat hd
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JASON PHILBROOK
untitled, 2015
Rolleiflex Automatmedium
format camera
75mm Tessar lens
Kodak Tmax 400 film
developed in pyrocat hd
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opposite page
JASON PHILBROOK
untitled, 2015
Rolleiflex Automatmedium
format camerA
75mm Tessar lens
Kodak Tmax 400 film
developed in pyrocat hd

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opposit page, left
JASON PHILBROOK
untitled, 2015
Rolleiflex Automatmedium
format camera
75mm Tessar lens
Kodak Tmax 400 film
developed in pyrocat hd
opposite page, right
JASON PHILBROOK
untitled, 2015
Rolleiflex Automatmedium
format camera
75mm Tessar lens
Kodak Tmax 400 film
right
JASON PHILBROOK
untitled, 2015
Rolleiflex Automatmedium
format camera
75mm Tessar lens
Kodak Tmax 400 film
developed in pyrocat hd
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PENNY
HOEY
charleston, sc
I fell in love with Monhegan
as the island came into view
from the ferry, upon my first
visit in 2013. Each step taken
and moment spent on Monhegan
since that first arrival
has only served to deepen my
attachment. There is truly
no other place like it, with or
without my camera. To be able
to practice my craft in such
a healing and rejunvenating
environment is truly a dream
come true....
opposite page
PENNY HOEY
Sweeping View, 2014.
Mamiya 7II, 43mm, f/4.5 lens
Kodak TriX film
developed in Caffenol
right
PENNY HOEY
The Edge of the Earth, 2014
Mamiya 7II, 43mm, f/4.5 lens
Fuji Velvia film.
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opposite page
PENNY HOEY
Maine Elements, 2014
Chamonix 4x5
Fuji 240mm f/9 lens
Kodak TriX film
developed in Caffenol
left
PENNY HOEY
Rock and Water, 2014.
Chamonix 4x5
150, f/5.6 Apo Sironar lens
Kodak TriX film
developed in Caffenol
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PENNY HOEY
Monhegan Still Life, 2014
Mamiya 7II, 150mm, f/4.5 lens, Fuji Velvia film
PENNY HOEY
Blues and Rock, 2014
Mamiya 7II, 150mm, f/4.5 lens , Fuji Provia film
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steven aimone
asheville, north carolina
Monhegan Island, maine
The experience of the island
brings about an awareness that
internal and external nature
are one-in-the-same. sitting
on the backside of the island,
time stops and the universal is
accessed.
It is easier to become present
here, to lose yourself while
becoming aware of something
deeper. The landscape embodies
both dark and light; polarities
that comprise the whole.
the ocean, forests, and minutae
can be richly and powerfully
experienced, but never fully
understood. I was blessed to
be introduced to Monhegan 40
years ago, and It is always a
blessing to return.
STEVEN AIMONE
tree forms (spruce), near Black Head,
Monhegan, Maine, 2015
Mamiya 645 Pro, mamiya sekkor 80mm f-2.8
Kodax Tri-X 400
R3 Monobath Film Developer 25

STEVEN AIMONE
spruce tree, lichen, rock
forms, surf, White Head
Monhegan, Maine, 2015
Bencini Koroll 24S
Kodak Tri-X 400
R3 Monobath Film Developer

STEVEN AIMONE
looking down, rocks, surf,
lichen, White Head
Monhegan, Maine, 2015
Bencini Koroll 24S
Kodak Tri-X 400
R3 Monobath
Film Developer 27

STEVEN AIMONE
floral forms, grasses, rusted shipwreck fragment, Lobster
Cove, Monhegan, Maine, 2015
Bencini Koroll II
Kodak Tri-X 400, R3 Monobath Film Developer
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STEVEN AIMONE
forest floor, near White Head, 2015
Kodak Duex
Kodak Tri-X 400, R3 Monobath Film Developer

STEVEN AIMONE
red ribbon trail, Monhegan, Maine
Sony A7II, FE 24-70mm F4
processed in Lightroom 29

the artists
david aimone
David Aimone is a professional
photographer specializing in Landscape,
portraiture, and figurative work. He
uses a variety of film and digital cameras,
as well as new and old lenses. His prints
are made with hand-coated historical
methods. David and his wife Ellen live in
saratoga springs, new york and visit the
island each summer.
j michael sullivan
j Michael Sullivan has more than 38
years experience as a professional
photographer, having formed a
successful advertising photo studio
back in 1977. Since that time he has been
a Contributing Editor to HOW Magazine,
lectured numerous times at Macworld
and The Seybold Seminars, written the
first layman's book on flatbed scanners
in 1994, and in 2001 offered an exclusive
art reproduction service for artists of
all media known locally as The
Printwright Studio which continues to
this day. He lives in the rustic village of
Marshfield Hills, Massachusetts with
his artist-wife Liz Haywood-Sullivan and
their two poodles.
penny hoey
Penny Hoey is a professional
photographer who has become
recognized for her work with wildlife as
well as landscapes of the South
Carolina coastal areas. More recently
her portfolio has enlarged to include
photographs of more remote areas
surrounding The Acadia National Park
and the southern Maine artist colony
island of Monhegan. She works with
Nikon digital equipment with an
increasing emphasis on film
photography using Mamiya and Rolleiflex
medium format cameras as well as
a Chamonix large format camera. Penny
makes her home in Charleston, South
Carolina.
jason philbrook
Jason Philbrook lives with his family in
Owls Head, Maine. He can often be found
shooting traditional film or
digital photos in the woods and rocky
coast of Midcoast Maine.
steven aimone
Steven Aimone brings to photography
the mindsetand sensibilities developed
over a lifetime of experience as a painter.
A nationally known teacher of abstract
painting workshops, Steven is the author
of two books, Expressive Drawing and
Design! (2009 and 2004, sterling pub., ny).
he has recently become enamored with
the processes of shooting and responding
to film, which he finds most closely
parallels the improvisational painting
process. he and painter/writer katherine
aimone live in north carolina and maine.

aimone studios
at the carina house
Monhegan island, Maine
Monhegan is a storied, 500-acre island
located 10 miles from the mainland. It
features a varied landscape replete with
the highest cliffs on the eastern seaboard
to the east, a dense spruce forest
in the interior, wetlands, and a harbor
between it and neighboring Manana
island.
The Carina House was built in the 1920s,
and renovations were done in the 1970s.
it is located in the heart of the Monhegan
village, directly across from
the meadow on one side and behind the
island inn.
originally a post office, the building
has since served as a care-taker's cottage,
the home and studio of fiber artist
robert semple, a grocery store, and the
original home to Marc: the monhegan
artist's residency program.
In all of its incarnations, the Carina
house has been an integral part of the
island community. currently owned by
katherine and steven aimone, it serves as
studios, exhibition space, and their residence
during the summer and fall.
a mile and a half long and a half a mile
wide, the island features 17 miles of
hiking trails. much of the island remains
virtually untouched, thanks to a land
preserve founded in 1954 by Ted edison
and maintained by Monhegan Associates.
Monhegan has a year-round
population of 65. including summer
homes and inns, the island's summer
population can reach 500. monhegan
has no paved roads or streetlights, and
only trucks are allowed for year-round
islanders. Monhegan's K-8 schoolhouse
and non-denominational church are its
meeting and activity centers.
Known as "the artists' island," Monhegan
has served as inspiration for a host of
great american painters: Edward Hopper,
George Bellows, Rockwell Kent, robert
henri, Abraham Bogdanove, eric hudson,
joseph DiMartini, Ruben Tam, James
fitzgerald, Lynn Drexler, Jamie Wyeth,
Done stone, and frances kornbluth...
to name a few.
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