Draft:Cheryl Clegg
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Cheryl Clegg | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Known for | Documentary portraiture; The Endangered Lobstermen |
| Website | www |
Cheryl Clegg is an American photographer based in the Boston area. She is known for her documentary portrait projects and for commercial work that has appeared in local newspapers, books, and exhibitions in the northeastern United States.
Career
[edit]Clegg began working as a photographer in the 1990s, building a practice that blends editorial, commercial, and documentary work. Her projects often explore people and communities in transition.
In 2022, she began a series called The Endangered Lobstermen, photographing families in Maine and New Hampshire whose livelihoods are affected by regulatory and environmental changes. The work was featured on News Center Maine’s program 207 and covered by the Penobscot Bay Pilot, which described it as an attempt to “put a human face” on the challenges facing coastal industries.[1][2]
Her photographs have also been displayed publicly. In 2024, a series of community portraits she created in Port Clyde, Maine, was installed in a local ferry terminal. The Boston Globe covered the exhibition as part of a broader story about the town’s recovery from storm damage.[3]
Clegg’s work has also appeared in print. She contributed a portrait of chef Nick DiGiovanni for his author listing with Penguin Random House, and her images have been published in the Newton Tab, a local Massachusetts newspaper.[4]
Recognition
[edit]Clegg was a finalist in the 2020 Critical Mass competition organized by Photolucida, and in 2018 she received second place in the “Faces” contest held by the American Society of Media Photographers.[5]
External links
[edit]Category:American photographers Category:Artists from Boston Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
- ^ Caldwell, Rob (December 5, 2022). "Photographer puts a human face on Maine's embattled lobstermen". News Center Maine (207).
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Stephens, Kay (November 30, 2022). "Photographer Cheryl Clegg captures what Maine lobstermen are going through lately". Penobscot Bay Pilot.
- ^ Cullen, Kevin (June 16, 2024). "Linda Bean's death and rising seas raise challenges as Maine fishing village rebuilds". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Nick DiGiovanni". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ^ "ASMP Faces 2018 Photo Contest Winners". American Society of Media Photographers. September 4, 2018.