Above the Fold: The Photographers of the “Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005

Dec. 2, 2023 — March 17, 2024

The residents of Cape Ann have looked to The Gloucester Daily Times, founded in 1888, for over 135 years to get their news. This award-winning periodical stands apart for its hyper-local focus on the people who live, work, and play on Cape Ann.  

The Cape Ann Museum presents its next special exhibition, Above the Fold: The Photographers of the “Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005, featuring a selection of works by photographers shooting for the Times for over three decades. The captivating photographs in this exhibition draw on an important archive of an estimated one million photographs which is a recent acquisition donated to CAM by the North of Boston Media Group. 

Building on the success of the Museum’s exhibition featuring the work of long-time staff photographer Charlie Lowe in 2009, this new exhibition, Above the Fold, will focus on the newspaper’s next generation of staff photographers while highlighting Lowe’s legacy and influence. The exhibition shares the important role local journalism, and specifically photojournalism, plays in documenting community. Through photographs and personal accounts of more than a dozen GDT photographers, Above the Fold reflects on over 25 years of people and stories in Cape Ann through the photography that has and continues to bring us together.   

On the watch: A group of bird watchers line the rocks off Point de Chene at Andrews Point, Rockport, November 6th, 1991. Photograph by Cristin Gisler. Gloucester Daily Times Collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Gloucester, MA. Gift of The North of Boston Media Group, 2021 [Acc. #2021.021].

Associated Programs

First Fridays: Art After Hours
Friday, December 1 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm

CAMTalk: Exhibition Series -- Above the Fold: The Photographers of “The Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005 Panel Discussion 
Saturday, December 2 at 1:30 pm

Members’ Opening Reception -- Above the Fold: The Photographers of “The Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005
Saturday, December 2 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm

CAMTalk: History Series -- Equity in the Archives: How History is Told
Tuesday, December 12 at 11:00 am

During the summer, the CAM Teen Council worked on an accompanying online exhibit called GDT Through a New Lens, which showcases selected photographs from the Gloucester Daily Times through the eyes of the Council. See the exhibit here.