Faces of Addison County: A Trent Campbell Retrospective
Open in person July 13 — September 11, 2021
The Sheldon Museum is pleased to honor Trent Campbell in this retrospective exhibit. Campbell, a longtime resident of Middlebury, learned photography at his grandfather’s knee in his home state of Minnesota. He became the Addison County Independent photographer in 1998 where he took award-winning photos around the county for more than 20 years. Campbell spent many hours on assignment and even more wandering the back roads of the county, meeting and getting to know countless residents. He became a fixture at events and was an expected sight with his trademark camera and warm smile. Campbell’s career was interrupted in 2018 when he survived the first of two strokes. He continues his recovery but still has his unique eye. He may be shooting less but still loves the county and the people in it.
Campbell said, “I feel so embraced and supported by the people of Addison County after serving them through my work that I want to give back to them and celebrate them with this collection of photographs.” Read more about Campbell in an article that appeared in the Addison County Independent on April 1, 2021.
When Campbell started at the paper he shot on Tri-X film using Nikon 35 mm SLRs. He loaded and developed his own film and then scanned the negatives to make prints for the paper. Campbell switched to digital cameras in 2001, and all the prints on exhibit here are from images captured with either a Nikon D1H or a Nikon D300.
Scroll down to the enjoy the 24 photographs below.
The Sheldon Museum thanks the following exhibit sponsors:
Jim Blair
William F. Brooks, Jr.
Gerald S. Davis, MD
Janet and Churchill Franklin
Martie and Rick Fritz
Jack Goodman
Carolyn and Will Jackson
Max Kraus
Patti Cassady Marrinan
Lyman Orton
Robert and Rhea Brooks Family Fund
Tulgey Wood Foundation
Vermont Arts Council
Gratitude
Thanks to Jim Blair, award-winning National Geographic photographer, for suggesting this exhibit and printing all the photographs.
Trent Campbell thanks the Addison County Independent for archiving his career’s work.
Trent Campbell is donating prints of the 24 exhibit photographs to the Henry Sheldon Museum. In addition, the matted and framed photographs in the exhibit are available for purchase at $200 each. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Sheldon Museum. The photographs will remain in the exhibit until it closes on September 11. For more information, please call the Museum at 802-388-2117.
