CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Vermont Female Farmers with JuanCarlos González
June 6, 2025 – July 13, 2025
According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, women make up 41% of farmers in Vermont. Born in Maunabo, Puerto Rico, Vermont-based photographer JuanCarlos González seeks to illuminate the lives and labor of these women through his powerful series Vermont Female Farmers. Inspired by his childhood experiences on his grandmother’s farm, Gonzalez began the project in 2020 with the intention of creating 10 portraits. However, the series expanded into a comprehensive exploration of 45 individual farmers, each with a unique story to tell.
This work highlights the profound contributions that female farmers make to the state’s culture, identity, and economy—contributions that are often overlooked, particularly when compared to their male counterparts. This oversight is especially pronounced for women of color. By photographing these farmers in their daily routines, González emphasizes their livelihoods, labor, and passion, capturing a wide range of agricultural practices, from saffron cultivation and goat farming to flower growing and produce for fermentation.
Vermont Female Farmers has garnered significant recognition throughout the state, with exhibitions at Billings Farm and Museum, the Vermont State House, the Fleming Museum of Art at the University of Vermont, the Bennington Museum, and numerous other cultural institutions. This exhibition marks its first showing outside of Vermont, offering an opportunity to raise awareness of these important stories across the New England region.
In addition to his work as a photographer, González has served as the Director of Arts Programming for Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA) Boston, a community development corporation and nonprofit dedicated to addressing the displacement of low-income families due to urban development in Boston’s South End. We are thrilled to partner with IBA Boston to present the Artist Talk for this exhibition.
To learn more about the project, involved farmers, and more, visit www.VermontFemaleFarmers.com
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Print and Process with the Boston University Print Media & Photography MFA Program
January 10, 2025 – March 2, 2025
In collaboration with Boston University‘s Print Media & Photography MFA Program, the Leica Gallery Boston is excited to present Print and Process featuring the work of Jamison Cloud, Chuan Liu, Shannon Johnson, Rory McNamara, Jason Parent, Jay Puplava, Vic Ferreira Sardinha, Jerry Rodríguez Sosa, Susan Swirsley, and Tung Lin Tsai.
Hear from Boston University Department of Photography Chair and Assistant Professor of Art Toni Pepe at her artist talk on Saturday, January 25th from 12-2PM.
Founded in 2022, the MFA program emphasizes photographic and printmaking practices within a contemporary art context, offering a truly experimental and interdisciplinary course of study. The exhibition honors this legacy, giving space for the artists to explore how images, either those created or pulled from archives, can be manipulated through different techniques to form new meanings beyond the visible. From photogravure prints, to silver gelatin, to inkjet, these artists blur the boundaries between photography, art, and print media– highlighting the importance of the physical print in an age focused on the digital. Furthermore, by subverting conventional photographic approaches, the artists are able to better call attention to themes of identity, place, and belonging; referencing and re-writing existing histories while envisioning new futures.
