Boston: Inspirational Women

Photographs by Bill Brett and Kerry Brett

October 13, 2012 - January 15, 2013

Some might say it’s a man’s world, but the Adams Gallery presents another point of view in this selection of portraits from Bill and Kerry Brett’s recent book, Boston, Inspirational Women.

These photographs depict women who work in law enforcement, construction and the corporate boardroom. They are moms, activists and public servants. Some perform their work in the public eye; others behind the scenes, but they represent a cross-section of the women who keep Boston humming. And each has a story to tell.

About the Photographers

Bill Brett

Bill Brett has been an award-winning photojournalist for close to half a century, spending much of that time at The Boston Globe, where he began working as a part-time photographer at age 18. He has produced four books of Boston portraits. Brett and writer Carol Beggy shared the 2006 Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts President’s Award for their work on Boston, All One Family. In 2009, Brett received an honorary degree from the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, where he took his only class in photography more than 40 years ago.

Kerry Brett

In her first collaboration with her father, Kerry Brett, a staff photographer for The Improper Bostonian, brings a singular editorial style that is reflected prominently in the celebrity portraits that appear on covers of the twice-monthly magazine. Her work has appeared in many publications, including New York magazine, Professional Photographer magazine, and Rangefinder magazine. She has a degree in art from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Captions:

Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel

Uma Thurman

Clockwise from top: Diane Patrick; Eliza Dushku; Niki Tsongas, Therese Murray, and Martha Coakley; Phyllis Godwin