2009 Leopold Godowsky, Jr.
ColorPhotography Awards

Now through January 24, 2010

The PRC is pleased to exhibit the work of the winners of the 2009 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards:

Claudia Angelmaier (Germany)
Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina)
Curtis Mann (IL, USA)
Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick (NY, USA)
Honorable Mention (online only):
Seung Woo Back (South Korea and UK)

The Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards honor the co-inventor of Kodachrome film, a man whose contributions have had a major and lasting impact on photography.

The awards were granted based on the criterion of excellence, as represented by a recent portfolio of color images produced in the last two years, with this cycle focusing on emerging artists and new approaches.

***NEWS***
Godowsky Artist Curtis Mann was selected to take part in the 2010 Whitney Biennial! Congratulations Curtis from the Staff at the PRC.

All images are courtesy the artists - Angelmaier also courtesy of galerieKleindienst, Leipzig; Back also courtesy of Gana Art New York; and Kahn and Selesnick also courtesy of Carroll and Sons, Boston

Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010
Time: MIDNIGHT
Cost: $20 in advance | $25 night of performance

The Photographic Resource Center (PRC) and the Coolidge Corner Theater present a night of Film, Burlesque and a Book Signing with Henry Horenstein.

featuring:
Big Moves, Bitches of Destiny, Darcey Leonard, Delvilica of Black Cat Burlesque, Femme Brulee, Heywood Wakefield, Lolli Hoops, Miss Lolita LaVamp, Pamela Passion, Pixy Dust, Thru the Keyhole Burlesque, UnAmerika's Sweetheart Karin Webb.

THE SHOW:
January 23, MIDNIGHT: Preview of the film Mr. Showbiz: The Murray Hill Story by William A. Andersen, Henry Horenstein, and Hillary Spera.

12:20AM
Live burlesque show.

1:45AM:
Henry will be signing copies of his newest monograph SHOW, published by Pond Press.

Tickets will be available at the Coolidge Corner Theater box office, or by visiting their website, www.coolidge.org

Photographs by Henry Horenstein will be on exhibit at Walker Contemporary, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston in association with Robert Klein Gallery
January 22 - February 27, 2010

EXHIBITIONS:

2010 PRC STUDENT EXHIBITION
February 12 - April 4, 2010
Opening reception,
Thursday, February 11, 5:30 - 7:30pm

This eagerly-anticipated exhibition will feature work juried by the Institutional Member schools of the PRC. Come witness photo's future!

EXPOSURE: The 15th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition
April 23 - June 20, 2010
Opening reception,
Thursday, April 22, 5:30 - 7:30pm

The PRC is honored to have Mia Fineman, Senior Research Associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC as the juror for EXPOSURE 2010. In celebration the 25th anniversary of the PRC gallery, the PRC is pleased to present this special edition of the PRC's 15th annual juried exhibition. This prestigious competition is a great opportunity to view new work as well as see topics in which contemporary minds are engaged.

Looking at Photographs:
The History of Photographic Processes with Gus Kayafas
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Time: 1-4pm
Location: PRC Gallery, 832 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
MBTA: (Green Line - BU West T-stop)
Members: $40.00
Non-Members: $50.00

***Class size will be limited to: 20***

Gus Kayafas, owner of Palm Press atelier in Concord, MA will be spending the afternoon showing examples of various photographic processes, from daguerreotypes to cabinet cards, cdv's to cyanotypes, woodburytypes to gelatin silver images.

The Photographic Resource Center has prepared this seminar as an educational opportunity for collectors, photographers and students. This seminar is intended for anyone interested in learning more about the history of photography, photographic processes and collecting photography.

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LECTURE -- JULIE BLACKMON
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Location: TBD
Cost: Members $10, Non-Members $15, Full-time students $5
Free for Students of Institutional Members

Please join us on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 for a lecture by photographer Julie Blackmon. Blackmon lives and works in Springfield, Missouri. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Critical Mass Book Award in 2006, PDN's "30" in 2007, and American Photo's Emerging Photographer in 2008. Her monograph, Domestic Vacations was published by Radius Books in 2008. Blackmon is included in numerous collections including The George Eastman House, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and numerous private collections. Blackmon appeared in the exhibition Group Portrait at the PRC in 2005, one of her first exhibitions.

Please join us on Friday, March 12th from 5:30 - 7:30pm for the opening reception of her exhibition at the Robert Klein Gallery.

LECTURE -- KENRO IZU
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: TBD
Cost:Members $10, Non-Members $15, Full-time students $5
Free for Students of Institutional Members

Please join us on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 for a lecture by photographer Kenro Izu. Izu moved to New York in the 1970's and soon after opened a photography studio. It was during his 1979 trip to Egypt that he became deeply moved by the sacred sites that motivated him to begin his series of sacred places around the world. His images are platinum contact prints shot with his custom-made 14x20 large format camera.

Izu has received numerous awards including the prestigious National Endowment of the Arts Award in 1984 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002. He has published nine monographs including Light Over Ancient Angkor, Sacred Places, Kenro Izu: Blue, Bhutan, and his most recent monograph Kenro Izu: A 30 Year Retrospective is due out in February, 2010.

Izu's images from Bhutan will be on display at the Fitchburg Art Museum from January 24 - March 21, 2010.

Lecture Guest Accommodations are generously provided by the Hotel Commonwealth, official hotel sponsor of the Photographic Resource Center's Lecture Series

The PRC will be offering our members an opportunity to have their work reviewed by a guest reviewer each month. Photographer and educator Neal Rantoul will be reviewing portfolios on Monday, February 22, 2010 from Noon until 4pm. (Please call for reservations at 10 am, Wednesday, February 17th)

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HOLIDAY HOURS
The PRC will be CLOSED from December 19th through January 3 for the winter holidays and campus closings. Best wishes for a wonderful New Year!

PHOTO BOOK REVIEWS
Are you a PRC member and have a new photo book being published? Send us a copy and we will write a short review of it on the PRC Blog www.bostonphotographyfocus.org and then include it in the Aaron Siskind Library, a 4,000+ photo book library located at the PRC.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7
The Hallway Gallery. Group Show including Brent Refsland, John Steck Jr., Jennifer Uhrhane, Andrew M. K. Warren and more. Opening Reception: 6-10pm. 66a South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. www.thehallwayjp.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8
Bromfield Gallery. Larry Volk: A Story of Rose's. Opening Reception: 5:30-7:30pm. 617-451-3605. 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118. www.bromfieldgallery.com

Howard Yezerski Gallery. Gary Schneider: Drawn from Life. Reception: 6-8pm. 617-262-0550. 460 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118. www.howardyezerskigallery.com

Khaki Gallery. Group Work. Second Reception: 6pm. 617-423-0105. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118. www.khakigallery.net

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10
Westport Arts Center. Keeping Time: The Life, Music and Photographs of Milt Hinton. 4 p.m. Screening of documentary about jazz bassist Milt Hinton, followed by discussion: 4pm. 203-222-7070. WAC Gallery, 51 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT. www.westportartscenter.org

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12
American Society of Media Photographers. Bringing It Home: N.E. Photographers - Personal Projects. Four New England photographers will share their current personal projects in a panel discussion forum. January 12, 6pm-9pm. E.P. Levine, 23 Dry Dock Avenue, South Boston MA, 617.951.1499. www.asmpnewengland.org

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13
Garner Center at New England School of Photography. Nicole Hatanaka. Opening Reception: 7-9pm (Snow date: Jan 20, 7-9pm). 617-437-1868. 537 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. www.nesop.com

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. IRAN: Images From Beneath a Chador. Photographs by Randy H. Goodman. Gallery Reception: Thursday, January 14th, 6-8pm. 617-577-1400. 41 Second Street, East Cambridge, MA 02141. MAC: www.cmacusa.org;

Co|So - Copley Society of Art. New Members Show 2010. Members' Reception: 5:30pm-7:30pm. 617.536.5049. 158 Newbury St, Boston MA 02116. www.copleysociety.org

Griffin Museum Atelier Gallery at Stoneham Theatre. Ellen Rennard: The Downs at Albuquerque. Opening Reception: 6pm. 781-729-1158. 395 Main Street, Stoneham, MA. www.griffinmuseum.org

Natalia McKittrick | Pedal Power Photography. Cyclocross - The Red Zone: photographic exploration of pushing it to the limit. Exhibition and Auction. Artist Reception: 6-10pm. 480 Trapelo Road, Belmont, MA 02478. www.pedalpowerphotography.com

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
Griffin Museum of Photography. Karen Glaser: Dark Sharks/Light Rays; Elliot Ross: Animal. Opening Receptions: 7pm. 781-729-1158. 67 Shore Road, Winchester MA 01890. www.griffinmuseum.org

Griffin Museum at Aberjona River Gallery. Glenna Evans: Glimpses of Memory. Opening Reception: 7pm. 781-729-1158. Aberjona Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 184 Swanton St., Winchester, MA. www.griffinmuseum.org

Panopticon Gallery. Our Lives Begin to End the Day We Become Silent About Things That Matter: An Exhibition about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History. Reception: 5-7pm. 617-267-8929. 502c Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215. www.panopt.com

Villa Victoria Cultural Center. CUBA~Threads of Hope & Renewal.Opening: 6-9pm. 617-927-1737. 85 West Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118. www.VillaVictoriaArts.org

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22
Harvard Museum of Natural History. Domesticated: Modern Dioramas of Our New Natural History. Photographs by Amy Stein.Opening and artist talk: 4pm. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138. 617-496-0049. www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. The DeCordova Biennial 2010. Opening Reception: 7-9pm. 781-259-8355. 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA. www.decordova.org

Griffin Museum of Photography Atelier Gallery. Lazlo Layton: Cabinet of Curiosities & Pictorial Zoology. Courtesy Peter Fetterman Gallery Santa Monica, CA. Opening Reception: 7pm. 781-729-1158. 67 Shore Road, Winchester MA 01890. www.griffinmuseum.org

Griffin Museum of Photography at Digital Silver Imaging. Jonathan Spath: Romancing ∑tone. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. Digital Silver Imaging, 11 Brighton St., Belmont, MA. www.griffinmuseum.org

Tufts University Art Gallery. QUESTIONSwithoutANSWERS - a photographic prism of world events, 1985-2010. Photographs by VII.Public Opening Reception: Thursday, January 28, 2010; 5:30pm-8:00pm at Tufts University Art Gallery at The Aidekman Arts Center; Tufts University. 617-627-3518. 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford MA 02155. www.artgallery.tufts.edu