Stephen DiRado: Dinner Series
New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1998, Edgartown, MA ©Stephen DiRado
In preparation for tomorrow’s feasting, I thought Stephen DiRado’s project, Dinner Series, was a perfect way to ease ourselves into groaning chairs around the dining table filled with family, friends, turkey, angst, celebration, depression, pumpkin pie, familial relationships, too much alcohol, conversation, catching up, and football. Stephen has spent close to 30 years capturing dinner table moments that are a wonderful documentation of all of the above.
Christmas Eve, December 24, 1995, Marlborough, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Dinner Series
Ever since I was a teen, my tripod mounted camera has been present at dinners. Growing up in an environment that revolves around food with family and friends, the table is a central and essential part of my life. Many decades back I was inspired to record details of a variety of table settings, illustrate foods served and formally capture every face, (including my own) present around it. Eventually my interest started to encompass the ever changing dynamics of the drama that takes place at most dinners. From the camera’s point of view, once afar, is now welcomed to the table as a participant.
New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2007, Worcester, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Amy’s Secret, June 16, 2013, Lobsterville, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Christmas, December 25, 2013, Worcester, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Joyce’s Dinner, January 22, 1994, Worcester, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Eating Lobsters, June 30, 1993, Edgartown, MA ©Stephen DiRado
New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1993, Edgartown, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Dinner at Ron’s, May 7, 1998, Shrewsbury, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Tea with Tiny, April 26, 1994, North Brookfield, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Harold’s Chowder, June 25, 2013, Lobsterville, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Acting Silly at Tashmoo Cottage, June 13, 2000, Tisbury, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Tina’s Dinner, November 16, 2013, Worcester, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Julie’s Dinner, June 20, 2013, Lobsterville, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Duck Inn, August 11, 2007, Aquinnah, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Dinner in the Studio, August 11, 1994, Worcester, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Cookout for Brian, June 2, 2009, Worcester, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Kit the Cat, December 6, 2008, Worcester, MA ©Stephen DiRado
Winter Solstice, December 21, 1996, Tisbury Ma ©Stephen DiRado
1 AM, January 1, 1999, Edgartown, MA ©Stephen DiRado
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