Exhibit Showcases Photographs of UNH by Charter Weeks ‘65

A selection of color photographs by Charter Weeks ‘65 will be displayed on Levels 2 and 3 of Dimond Library throughout the spring semester. The photographs, all taken on the University of New Hampshire campus, were donated to the UNH Library by Weeks and originally displayed in 2017 as part of the University's 150th anniversary. To accompany that exhibit, Weeks wrote an artist statement that included the following:

Although much of my work has been documentary in nature, as a photographer one is constantly presented with form, color, and pattern, and one of the things photographers develop over time is to see things in isolation from the surrounding ‘noise’ of the world. I grew up in Durham and graduated from UNH in 1965, so I have watched the transformation of the university over 50 years. Recently, I spent several days wandering around the campus photographing a place that has become unfamiliar to me. I was quite fascinated by the range of architecture and other design elements that, in isolation, are nearly painterly in their presentation. Oddly enough there was a day when I encountered not a single person.

- Charter Weeks ‘65

Weeks was a documentary photographer for almost 50 years, working for major agencies and the BBC in New York City before returning to New Hampshire in the 1970s. His work has been exhibited in galleries across the United States and appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and other national publications. He passed away in 2024.

Weeks concluded his 2017 artist statement with a quote from Paul Valéry: “A work of art should always teach us that we have not seen what we've been looking at.”

All are welcome to visit the exhibit during library hours.