Joshua Farr

Statement
Since moving out of my parents home after highschool over 6 years ago, I am constantly rediscovering my hometown of Oxford, Maine. With a population hovering right around 4,000 people, it manages to retain it’s small-town New England feel.

In recent years, however, there has been a changing of economic tides in the town after one of the states’ first 24 hour casinos moved in, attracting a number of other retail investors to the region in its’ footsteps. Some see it as a wise and bold move to bring financial stability the the region, while others fear the loss of the quaint rural retreat they once knew.

Apart from the commercialization, having the perspective of living away for several years brings to light certain aspects and quirks of the town I formerly took for granted. Just as humans mature, a town is and ever-changing entity. It is this progression that I wish to capture in this series of photographs.

Selection of images from the series:

Biography
Joshua (b. 1988) was brought up in the foothills of western Maine until graduating from high-school in 2007. After high school, he begun college at Keene State College in Keene, NH. where he studied Film Production and Communications. After spending a year there, Joshua opted to move onto a larger passion he had always held in photography.

The following year, he transferred the NH Institute of Art in Manchester, NH where he took up studying photography full time. There he studied under New England photographers such as Gary Samson, Bev Conway, Glen Scheffer, Doug Prince, Larry Crowe, & Dia Stolnitz.

Upon graduating in 2011 with his BFA in photography, Josh eventually found his way to Brattleboro, VT where he now lives with his coonhound Lily and works multiple jobs including working for Good Bear Productions, the Brattleboro Museum, and as the Gallery Director at the Vermont Center for Photography.

View more of Joshua’s work online at: www.joshuafarr.net