Folk Fest

Michael J. Paddon, 2016

Printed on Aluminum

8 × 8 in | Ready to Hang

From the photographer's personal archive.

Taken from above during the 2016 Newport Folk Festival, Folk Fest transforms a familiar summer tradition into an abstract tapestry of color, ritual, and community. Blankets become brushstrokes, chairs become geometry, and thousands of individual stories merge into one unforgettable portrait of place.

Michael J. Paddon rarely releases his Newport photography, making this aluminum print a special piece from his archive.