Randy Johnson Opens Fenimore Art Museum Photography Exhibition

By WRILEY NELSONCOOPERSTOWN

Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson visited the Fenimore Art Museum on Thursday, March 30 to open his first solo photography exhibition. “Randy Johnson: Storytelling in Photographs” features about 30 prints from Johnson’s trips across East Africa.

Johnson is best known for his exceptionally long and successful pitching career, but photography is his passion. He began taking photos in high school and studied photojournalism at the University of Southern California. Although he was unable to pursue this hobby during his hectic years in the minor leagues and with the Montreal Expos, he returned to it as soon as he could.

“Things went well [with the Expos] in 1988. The next year, things didn’t go so well. I got sent back down and then I got traded to Seattle,” Johnson told “The Freeman’s Journal.” “That’s when I started picking up the camera again. I still have photos I took just walking around Seattle with a camera. They’re some of my favorites.”