PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW FEATURES KEYS WEEKLY CONTRIBUTOR MARK HEDDEN

‘Highway 19 Revisited’ by Mark Hedden is part of the ‘Photo/Work’ photography show that opens May 5 at JAG Gallery and features the works of Hedden and Lynne Bentley-Kemp.

JAG Gallery, 1075 Duval St., will feature a joint art show by photographers Lynne Bentley-Kemp and Mark Hedden, who is also a Keys Weekly columnist and contributor. 

An opening reception for the show entitled, “Photo/Work” will take place at the gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 5. The show will be on display until May 23. 

“Most of my shows have been of large, documentary photography projects – environmental portraits, street photography nightscapes and other topics. I’m really looking forward to showing some work that I’ve shot outside of those projects, stuff that maybe hasn’t had a home elsewhere,” Hedden said. “Some are images from the start of a new project, some are continuation of older projects, and some are standalone photos that I hope bring their own context with them.”

Hedden is a writer, photographer and semi-professional birdwatcher. He has lived and worked in Key West for close to 30 years. His photo work is primarily documentary, often accompanied by text. Inspired by the concept of resource partitioning in the natural world, where multiple species coexist in the same landscape, Hedden’s work often examines the tiny island of Key West from differing perspectives, creating a series of conceptual maps of the same location.

Kemp’s photographs, often of the natural world and the water surrounding her Florida Keys home, have been shown and sold worldwide.

“Lynne Bentley-Kemp has cultivated a meditative practice of documenting the natural environment that seeps into her life,” states a description of a prior photography show at The Studios of Key West. “As a daily practice, she captures the water and sky surrounding her home each morning, resulting in thousands of images.”For more information about the show and the artists, email jaggallerykw@gmail.com or call the gallery at 305-407-6202.