Ronni Simon's Home Gallery Keeps the Spirit Flowing

Sculpture and jewelry by Ronni Simon, archival photographs — and of course the calendar that was such a labor of love for the late Peter Simon — all can be found at the Simon Gallery these days.

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Simon Calendar Continues in 2020
Bill Eville

The annual Peter Simon calendar, a rite of passage since 1988, will continue in 2020 with a special edition.

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Friends Celebrate the Life and Lens of Peter Simon
Noah Asimow

Hippies, relatives, journalists, rock and roll legends and friends packed the Chilmark Community Center on Monday to pay their respects.

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Peter Simon Celebration

The life of Peter Simon will be celebrated on Memorial Day (Monday, May 27).

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Peter Simon, 71, Chronicled Island With His Camera
Bill Eville

Peter Simon, a man who hugged first and talked later, died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Sunday, Nov. 18. The cause was cardiac arrest.

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The Vineyard's Barefoot Ambassador

It’s summer on the Vineyard and the afternoon sun casts shadows across Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark. Peter Simon is there in his beachfront office, Pentax in hand.

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Vineyard Photographer Peter Simon Dies at 71

The iconic Vineyard photographer whose pictures of people spanned more than half a century, died Sunday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

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To Every Season There Is a Photograph
Bill Eville

How much does a life’s work weigh? In the case of Peter Simon, seven pounds, two ounces. That’s how much his new book Martha’s Vineyard: To Everything There Is a Season weighs.

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Portraying a Life, Often Wild, in Pictures
Olivia Hull

Visitors to the Simon Gallery in Vineyard Haven often scan the walls covered with famous singers and activists and make some version of the following remark: “Wow, you’ve got all these pictures with all these interesting people in them, you must have amazing stories.”

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