Stacy Bass - Lightkeeper : A Memoir Through the Lens of Love and Loss

Name: Stacy Bass - Lightkeeper : A Memoir Through the Lens of Love and Loss
Start: 2025-09-29T18:00:00-04:00
Location: 8 Broadway, Newport, RI, United States, Rhode Island 02840

Schedule

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm

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Location

8 Broadway, Newport, RI, United States, Rhode Island 02840 | Newport, RI

Join us for an evening with photographer and author Stacy Bass to discuss her recently published book LIGHTKEEPER: A MEMOIR THROUGH THE LENSOF LOVE AND LOSS, a luminous story of loss and resilience, Lightkeeper captures acclaimed photographer Stacy Bass’s personal journey through grief—and the art of keeping her parents’ legacy alive through memory and photography.
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In 1995, when a tragic seaplane accident on Block Island claimed her father’s life, Bass’s world shattered. She began to write as a way to process her excruciating grief, while gathering the pieces of his life through collected photographs. Some twenty-five years later, her mother was diagnosed with, and ultimately died from, pancreatic cancer after a one-year battle against that harrowing disease. During her mother’s illness, Bass created a living tribute of images and words that built a community of support around her mother when she needed it most.
By collecting and sharing photographs of her parents, Michael and Jessica Waldman, Bass recognized how photographs serve not merely as records but as powerful portals into memory—gateways to the stories that exist just outside the frame. Filled with stunning prose and vibrant photography, this evocative memoir reveals how Bass became the "lightkeeper" of her family's legacy, preserving their stories for future generations. For anyone who has loved deeply and lost tragically, Lightkeeper offers both solace and inspiration—reminding us that the light of those who have been lost always endures.
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Stacy Waldman Bass is an author, artist and photographer. From her first solo exhibition in 1988, Stacy’s fine art work has become part of numerous private, corporate and hotel collections and her images and unique perspective continues to tap into the emotion and sensibility of a wide spectrum of viewers. Select pieces of her fine art work are currently represented by Swoon Gallery in Westport, CT. Her signature images of architecture, interiors and gardens have resulted in three solo exhibitions and numerous awards. Her photography has been featured extensively in books and magazines including at home (where she was lead photographer for more than 10 years), Garden Design, Luxe Interiors + Designs, House Beautiful, Elle Décor, Veranda, AD, Horticulture, Living Etc., British Homes & Gardens, The Wall Street Journal and many more. She is the author of two bestselling and critically acclaimed monographs celebrating the American landscape: In the Garden (Melcher Media/Perseus Books, 2012) and Gardens at First Light (Moffly Media, 2015).