The Phoenix Connolly Family for The Porch-Rait Project to benefit The Open Door Food Pantry.
The Glynos Family, Essex MA
The Brown for The Family Porch-Rait Project, a fundraiser for The Open Door © 2020 Shawn G. Henry
The Tosi family for The Family Porch-Rait Project, a fundraiser for The Open Door © 2020 Shawn G. Henry
The Hegarty-Steck family for The Family Porch-Rait Project, a fundraiser for The Open Door © 2020 Shawn G. Henry
The Levendusky family for The Family Porch-Rait Project, a fundraiser for The Open Door © 2020 Shawn G. Henry
The Family Porch-Rait Project, a fundraiser for The Open Door © 2020 Shawn G. Henry
The Francoeur Family for The Family Porch-Rait Project, a fundraiser for The Open Door© 2020 Shawn G . Henry
The Riehl family for The Family Porch-Rait Project, a fundraiser for The Open Door © 2020 Shawn G. Henry
The Karpowich Family for The Family Porch-Rait Project, a fundraiser for The Open Door © 2020 Shawn G. Henry
Last spring, while people were trying to coping with everyday changes brought about by COVID, four photographers—Jason Grow, Bill Sumner, Paul Cary Goldberg and Shawn G. Henry—began to take intimate portraits of families around Cape Ann in front of their homes, on their front porches. Shot during the early weeks of the pandemic, the 245 images are on an exhibit called, "The Porch-Rait Project," which raised $30,000 for The Open Door and can be seen at the Cape Ann Museum's Green campus.
Originally the idea of photographer Bill Sumner, the show features a series a framed and digital gallery of 245 images of families from Essex, Manchester, Rockport and Gloucester, all striking and personal. Here is a sampling of portraits of families in Manchester and Essex.
