Bermudian male artists -- Chesley Trott and photojournalist Richard Clive Saunders.

Thirty photographs of Mr. Saunders were repatriated by the Bermuda National Gallery six years ago from the Schomburg Centre in New York and form part of the permanent collection.

Mr. Saunders, who died in 1987 just before the Bermuda Arts Council were able to present him with its first lifetime achievement award, settled in New York after studying photography there.

He traveled gaining international acclaim for his work. A purist, he captured moments and feelings without alteration. He believed fervently in the truth of a picture and was adamant that no portion of the subject matter should be posed.

Bermuda National Gallery Curator, Marlee Robinson, said she is excited about "the reprise of the show'' and explained how it came about.

"I had never seen the photo graphs,'' she said. "When Masterworks left we suddenly had a space and we had a few options. We could have put up more of the permanent collection.

"We could have shown a selection of images from the Archives, but (gallery director) Laura (Gorham) suggested we open the box of Saunders photographs and when I did, I said this is what we will show.'' "I think it's wonderful that we are able to spotlight two Bermudians of similar ages,'' she added. "Because he was born in 1922 a lot of people here have personal memories about him and I do hope they share them with us.

"We are the National Gallery and it would be nice to keep a record of them,'' she pointed out.

Befitting too is that the Saunders exhibit will act as the backdrop to the book launching later this summer of photojournalist Tamell Simons. Mr. Simons has long expressed his love of Saunders' work and holds him as one of his heroes.

Praising Mr. Saunders' work, Ms Robinson singled out the shots of children.

"He loved to photograph children, and the rhythms of the images are so neat,'' she said.

The Saunders show is on exhibit now and runs through to the beginning of September.