Brotherhood of Bald People Worldwide

By Cindy Cantrell   August 19, 2007 

In addition to their mutual professions as artists and photographers, Frank Siteman of Winchester and Charles Goss of Roslindale can relate to their shared experience of premature baldness. "It bothered me for a little while, but I had to get over it," said Goss, who began losing his hair at age 18. "I wasn't going to wear a toupee." 

One day, early in their collaboration in the 1980s, Siteman jokingly photographed Goss's head. Feeling they were onto something, the two men made it their professional mission to portray the nature of male vanity. 

One of their photos, "Hairscape #5," will be on display at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester as part of its 13th annual juried exhibition running from Thursday through Oct. 28. The photograph by Goss and Siteman, which received an honorable mention, is one of just nine photos to be recognized in the Arthur Griffin Legacy Award competition, which drew 2,000 images taken by approximately 400 photographers from across the country.

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