Fabulous Fowl in Photo Show at Vollmer Gallery

You might think you know a lot about chickens because you live in the country, but you probably don’t know how punk rock they can be. Photographer Lisa Vollmer has found the Patti Smith in a handful of chickens raised in the Berkshires by farmer and award-winning artist Natalie Tyler (founder of L’Atelier, a sculpture studio in Great Barrington, Mass.).

Vollmer’s chicken photos are now on display at her own gallery in Great Barrington at 325 Stockbridge Road (Route 7) in a show called “Chickens:  A Shared Curiosity,” that will remain up until Dec. 31. 

Visits are by appointment only. Call 413-429-6511 or email contact@lisavollmer.com. For more information, go to www.lisavollmer.com.

— Cynthia Hochswender

Photographer Lisa Vollmer has a show of her photographs of chickens (yes, chickens) at her gallery in Great Barrington, Mass. Photo by Lisa Vollmer

Photo by Lisa Vollmer

Photographer Lisa Vollmer has a show of her photographs of chickens (yes, chickens) at her gallery in Great Barrington, Mass. Photo by Lisa Vollmer

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