Opening Reception for Ron Hammond Photography Exhibit is Friday, Jan. 10

The Burien Arts Association will kick off the new year with Spying on a Memory, an exhibit at the Highline Heritage Museum showcasing the evocative photography of Ron Hammond.

The display will run from January through March 2025 on the Burien Arts Gallery Wall at the museum, located at 819 SW 152nd Street in Burien (map below).

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Jan. 10, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Community members are invited to meet the artist and explore the exhibit.

Hammond, a photographer with more than 50 years of experience, is celebrated for capturing the quiet beauty of everyday life. Inspired by humanist photographers like Robert Doisneau, Hammond refers to himself as a “fisherman of images,” describing his process as “patiently waiting with a baited camera at an interesting time and place.

The exhibit spans two decades of Hammond’s work, much of which is organized into “loosely-defined, open-ended projects that are seldom finished but often stop in interesting places for a show or a hand-made or published book,” he said.

The Burien Arts Association, dedicated to enriching the community through arts and culture, invites everyone to explore Hammond’s exhibit and learn more about his work.

Hammond’s journey as a largely self-taught photographer has been bolstered by studies at institutions such as the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle and mentorships with Russell Drisch and Nick Hansen. His photographs have appeared in major publications, including the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Buffalo Evening News, New York Review of Books, and New York Times.

For additional information, visit:

• Burien Arts Association: www.burienarts.org
• Highline Heritage Museum: www.highlinemuseum.org/ronfstop-photography-exhibit
• Ron Hammond: www.ronfstop.com