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Brynne Quinlan

Somerville, MA
Summer 2026 * Photography

Artist Statement


Working primarily with film and the book, Brynne Quinlan utilizes diaristic and documentary-adjacent approaches to better understand elements of impression and influence, alienation and belonging, and family geography and history.

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Portrait of the photographer

Works

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Untitled (Washington St.), 2025, Archival Pigment Print, 12 x 18 in.

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Untitled (Carm), 2026, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (D. on Highland Ave), 2025, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (tracks), 2025, Archival Pigment Print, 12 x 18

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Untitled (Meacham St), 2025, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (Storefront), 2026, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (Somerville Ave), 2026, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (Hancock St), 2025, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (Church Door), 2025, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (Cherry St), 2025, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (Art and his remaining cat), 2026, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (Shannon), 2025, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 12 in.

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Untitled (Storefront), 2026 © Brynne Quinlan

About the Artist


Brynne Quinlan is a photographer based in Somerville, MA (USA). She was a finalist for the Carolyn Harder Scholarship supported by the Griffin Museum of Photography and a recipient of a Somerville Artist Fellowship Grant. She recently self-published her first monograph, Step work, a handmade artist book that brought together photographs from the last nineteen years as a means of understanding her own sobriety as well as nodding to the men in her family who have traversed similar thresholds. Originally from Southern California, she received her BA from the Roski School of Fine Art, USC and has completed master's in journalism and gerontology.

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