{"id":29510,"date":"2026-09-10T11:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&#038;p=29510"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:44:05","slug":"stephen-dirados-bell-pond-photos-are-subject-of-nyc-show-new-book","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/stephen-dirados-bell-pond-photos-are-subject-of-nyc-show-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen DiRado\u2019s Bell Pond photos are subject of NYC show, new book\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro has-large-font-size\">\u2018I found purpose as an artist\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendirado.com\/\">Stephen DiRado<\/a>&nbsp;has been a fixture at Clark \u2014 and in Worcester \u2014 for nearly 45 years. He started teaching photography at the University in 1982, and a year later made a decision that would ultimately shape his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immediately after earning a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1981, he focused on documenting people in the community. The resulting photographs were \u201ctechnically adequate,\u201d he says, but also disjointed. He began searching for a community where he could connect with people, earn their trust, and produce a unified body of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He found it at Bell Pond, an inner-city beach and park at the top of Worcester\u2019s Belmont Hill. He wanted community, and this had it all: families, elders, and teenagers, massed together on the beach and in the water. He joined them nearly every day from May to September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Bell-Pond-Book-Stephen-DiRado.avif\" alt=\"\u201cStephen DiRado with a prepublication copy of the Bell Pond photo collection\" style=\"width:475px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Above: Stephen DiRado with a prepublication copy of the Bell Pond photo collection (courtesy photo). Top: DiRado stands in Bell Pond with the large-format view camera he used to capture members of the community there in 1983 (photo by Steven King).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A fraction of the thousand photos he captured (some of which are shown below) were exhibited in 1984 at the Grove Street Gallery in Worcester and, 42 years later, now hang on the walls of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapowgallery.com\/blank-1\">Kapow Gallery<\/a>&nbsp;in New York City. The exhibit, titled simply \u201cBell Pond,\u201d opens with a reception Thursday, Sept. 10, and will be on view through Oct. 3. The exhibit coincides with the release of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tbwbooks.com\/products\/bell-pond\">book of the same name<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an essay in the book, DiRado describes how he connected with the community, earned its acceptance, and became known as \u201cthe picture man.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also developed as a professional photographer. \u201cMy obsession with thinking and working as a practitioner came to fruition. What I had accomplished was not a formulaic stamped-out essay, but a standard for all the projects that would follow in my career,\u201d he writes. \u201cI was determined to make photographs that were well-versed narratives, and that captured the soul of a collective \u2014 people who are drawn to a location that they identify as home. Bell Pond became the micro-environment where I found purpose as an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kourosh Mahboubian \u201987 is the founder and owner of the Kapow Gallery and had a personal reason for hosting DiRado\u2019s exhibit. \u201cStephen was largely responsible for my decision to enter the art world and has been my friend and mentor for over forty years,\u201d he says. \u201cI was one of five students in his first class at Clark, and I became a gallerist in part because of him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahboubian, whose son, Dylan, is a Clark sophomore, notes that the Bell Pond collection marks a defining moment in DiRado\u2019s work. \u201cStephen magically captured his subjects\u2019 souls, drawing out their most open, honest, and vulnerable expressions, building community and relationships through photographs. I\u2019ve waited nearly four decades to do this show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-intro\" id=\"h-\"><em>Here are just a few of the photos Stephen DiRado took during his summer at Bell Pond.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"29506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/10-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Archie-and-Family.avif\" alt=\"A family sits at Bell Pond, 1983\" class=\"wp-image-29506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/10-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Archie-and-Family.avif 600w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/10-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Archie-and-Family-240x300.avif 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"29505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/18-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Charlie-Rodriguez-and-Family.avif\" alt=\"Parents and two children look out from a car, 1983\" class=\"wp-image-29505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/18-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Charlie-Rodriguez-and-Family.avif 750w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/18-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Charlie-Rodriguez-and-Family-300x240.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"29504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/16-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-Landry-Family-with-Boyfriend-Bob.avif\" alt=\"A family sunbathes at Bell Pond, 1983\" class=\"wp-image-29504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/16-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-Landry-Family-with-Boyfriend-Bob.avif 600w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/16-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-Landry-Family-with-Boyfriend-Bob-240x300.avif 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"29507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/1-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Cheryl-Jamie-and-Michael.avif\" alt=\"Three children stand at the edge of Bell Pond with apartment blocks visible across the pond behind them, 1983\" class=\"wp-image-29507\" 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"29512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/13-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Bob-and-Tammy.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/13-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Bob-and-Tammy.avif 750w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/13-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Bob-and-Tammy-300x240.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"29513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/22-Stephen-DiRado-Bell-Pond-1983-Sandy-Sharing-a-Cigarette.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29513\" 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