May Program - Portrait of Senoia

Come join the Senoia Area Historical Society on Thursday, May 11th for our monthly program! The doors open at 6:30 PM for refreshments with the program starting at 7:00 PM.

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This Month's Feature

We are honored to welcome this month's guest: Gary Gruby.

About Gary

Gary Gruby is a self-taught fine art and commercial photographer who has made a living with his camera for over 35 years. His commercial work for advertising and corporate clients span a wide range of subjects, products and concepts, but portrait have always held his special interest and talent, working with clients Russell Athletic, Kellogg’s, Dekalb Medical, Loews and the United Way among others.

His personal work includes award-winning botanicals, as well as the celebrated portrait collection - Portrait of Senoia given as a permanent loan to the Senoia Area Historical Society. He works from midtown Atlanta, is on the Advisory Council of SlowExposures, a national, juried annual photography exhibition and conducts the Cumberland Island Safari – a weeklong retreat for artists and nature lovers in the spring and fall on Cumberland Island. See here for more info: link.

About Portrait of Senoia

Photographs tell stories and document a window into our present – which becomes the future generation’s past – and as time capsules, are priceless gifts to ourselves. Portrait of Senoia is a collection of over 40 photographs Gruby made in the small town of Senoia, south of Atlanta, where he chose to start a family and raise two sons in the 1990’s and into the new century.

Portraits are given, not taken and these portraits bear witness to the many gifts he was given as a photographer. A community, at its heart, is made up of people and each individual has a story to tell. With these portraits, Gruby is presenting a story of a small town, like many that are rapidly disappearing and is dedicated to the memory of a small town and neighborhood stored away in all of our hearts.

In Review

SAHS welcomed photographer Gary Gruby for our May monthly program. Gary spoke about his iconic Portrait of Senoia photographs collection, many of which grace the central hall of the museum.

Gary is a self-taught fine art and commercial photographer who has made a living with his camera for over 35 years. His commercial work for advertising and corporate clients span a wide range of subjects, products and concepts, but portraits have always held his special interest and talent, working with clients Russell Athletic, Kellogg’s, Dekalb Medical, Loews and the United Way among others. His personal work includes award-winning botanicals, as well as the celebrated portrait collection-“A Portrait of Senoia” given as a permanent loan to the Senoia Area Historical Society. He works from midtown Atlanta, is on the Advisory Council of SlowExposures, a national, juried annual photography exhibition and conducts the Cumberland Island Safari – a weeklong retreat for artists and nature lovers in the spring and fall on Cumberland Island.

To purchase Gary's book, Portrait of Senoia, please visit here.

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