A threatened way of life

“The Barrett Family, Addison, Maine,’’ in photographer Cheryl Clegg’s show “The Endangered Lobstermen,’’ at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Mass., through May 30.

The gallery explains that:

Clegg was struck by the ‘‘red-listing’’ of Maine lobsters —the classification of the lobsters as endangered. She considered how the classification is “a direct threat to the way of life’’ of The Pine Tree State’s lobstering communities, and so she began to photograph the families in these communities to show the people “at risk of losing their livelihood and way of life, capturing the strength, resilience, and uncertainty of the people behind the industry.’’