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Town’s supermodels come out in force for Wellesley library exhibit

October 18, 2019 by Deborah Brown 3 Comments

It’s unusual for a town of 28,000 be able to boast that nearly one quarter of one percent of its populace identifies as a supermodel. Wellesley can boast just that, and my co-editor Bob Brown and I are just two of over 60 pin-up types who sashay around town daily, knowing full well that we can strike a pose with the best of them. How do we know? Because we have.

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Bob and I had the honor of being the first subjects of Beth Shedd’s Wellesley Wednesdays Instagram project. The snow was falling lightly that winter morning as Shedd snapped away with her camera. We had no idea that the Wednesday pics would take on a life of their own.

It all started with photographer Beth Shedd and a big idea. She says, “I’ve lived in Wellesley for over 30 years and during that time I’ve met some truly wonderful people. Each person has an interesting story to tell, and I love hearing them all.”

So from January 2018 through February 2019, each Wednesday Shedd featured a photograph of someone in Wellesley and the story behind that person and posted it on her Instagram account. Here are just a few Wellesley residents who struck a pose for Shedd, then told her a little about themselves: author Liz Suneby; Berna Ozargun, owner of Wellesley’s Café Mangal; John and Dwin Schuller, raised in Wellesley, married since 1954, and dedicated community servants; Turkey Trot organizer and cancer survivor Carol Chaoui; Wellesley Dental’s Dr. Ejaz Ali and Dr. Femina Ali; animal control officer Sue Webb; Wellesley Free Librarian Joelle Toussaint, now deceased; and Santa Claus himself.

Wellesley Wednesdays, Beth Shedd
Carol Chaoui took time out of planning the annual Wellesley Turkey Trot in Linden Square to mix and mingle.
Wellesley Wednesdays, Beth Shedd
Katie Corscadden, artist, entrepreneur, and teaching assistant at Bates Elementary School was on hand.

It wasn’t long before her Instagram account was getting mad love. Most people would have felt pretty good at raking in the kind of Insta likes that each of Shedd’s posts racked up, but she tends to bump things up a notch. The Insta project morphed into a photography exhibit at the Wellesley Free Library, on display through October, at which every one of Shedd’s Wellesley Wednesday photos and accompanying biographies is framed. She chose a newspaper-style layout and and a simple black frame for each of the 60 Wellesley Wednesdays entries. The result: crisp, clean, uncluttered, like all of Shedd’s work.

Wellesley Wednesdays, Beth Shedd
Mary Bowers, one of the forces behind getting the Tolles Parsons Center built, reminded me that she was the second subject of Wellesley Wednesdays.

Conquer the Insta world. Check. Hold an art exhibition. Check. Did you know that Shedd also throws great parties? And…check. She invited every one of her muses to a reception at the library, along with their hangers-on and anyone else who simply wanted to bask in the presence of so many sought-after photographic subjects.

But really, at the party we all had just one burning desire. To stand next to Beth’s fire.

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  1. Mary Bowers says

    October 18, 2019 at 7:54 pm

    Thank you, Deb, for wanting to take my pix. Yes, I was thrilled to be asked but, indeed, it was an honor to be #2 after you and Bob, as #1!❤️ I thoroughly enjoy your Swellesley Reports!

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  2. Liz Suneby says

    October 18, 2019 at 7:56 pm

    Wow. I didn’t know you were the first Wednesday Wellesley! The eve really was a wonderful celebration of community.

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  3. S Hawkinson says

    October 20, 2019 at 9:52 am

    I’m a superfan of all of these supermodels. Such a great exhibit!

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