NEO SEPTEMBER 

Richard Perry: Vermont Farm

These photos were taken on a small organic farm in Norwich, Vermont which has been self-sustaining through careful and loving land and animal management. Perry shot these photographs over the course of a year beginning in maple syrup season in late winter and then throughout the full cycle of farming over the course of four seasons.

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WORKSHOP 

All the World is a Stage: Costa's Boston

Street Photography Workshop with Magnum Photographer Constantine Manos

September 8-12, 2011
Workshop fee: $810 PRC members / $850 general public

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Learn or perfect urban street photography in Boston with world-renowned Magnum photographer Constantine Manos. The city of Boston is your stage to explore, but let the master critique your creative images.

LECTURE

Constantine Manos: A Lifetime of Photography
Thursday, September 15, 2011, 6:30 pm
BU College of Arts & Sciences, Room 522
705 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
$10 General Public | $5 Members and Students (must present valid membership card or student id) 

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Magnum Photographer Constantine Manos will present a visual overview and informal lecture covering a lifetime of photography. The presentation will include Manos' first serious pictures made with his first Leica at the age of eighteen and will conclude with his most recent color work. As a special feature of the lecture, Manos will share samples of his early black and white photographs, many of which have never been shown publicly before. During the presentation, Manos will also discuss how he undertook individual projects and books and brought them to fruition as well as dissecting specific pictures, ideas, and techniques that he has applied to his photography. A book signing will follow the lecture.  

UPCOMING EXHIBITION

7 Turkish Artists: Mike Mandel & Chantal Zakari

September 13 - November 12, 2011

Reception: Wednesday, September 21, 6:30 - 8 pm

Panel Discussion: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 6:30 pm

BU College of Arts & Sciences Room 522, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston

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7 Turkish Artists engages the social themes that define contemporary Turkey, specifically examining the imagery of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, its revolutionary leader after World War I. Between 1997 and 2010, artists Zakari and Mandel, one Turkish, one American, chronicle their experiences photographing people, secular and Western, or religious and conservative in appearance. They conducted interviews and collected found material from archives, gathering popular historical illustrations and found Atatürk postcards that span a thirty year period and illustrate the cult status of his image. The artists' recent book, The State of Ata, seeks to recognize the complex relationship in Turkey between secularists, the Islamist movement and military power.

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UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Threefold: Selections from the Indie Photobook Library 

Curated by Larissa Leclair, Shane Lavalette, and George Slade

September 13 - November 12, 2011
Reception: Wednesday, September 21, 6:30 - 8 pm

When you think about photographs, when you imagine them in context, realized in some physical form, how do you see them? Some see them in print portfolio boxes, some see them on computer screens, others see them matted and framed, hanging on walls. Though for nearly as long as there have been photographs, they have appeared in fixed sequences, pasted, printed directly, or reproduced in ink on pages bound together in some fashion - in other words, as books. Whether pocket-sized or table-sized, photographically-illustrated books have long served as an important showcase for the medium.

Threefold reflects the idiosyncratic interests of three curators - Shane Lavalette, Larissa Leclair, and George Slade - each adopting a unique focal point in an attempt to represent a remarkable moment in contemporary independent publishing.

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Lecture and Workshop by Brian Storm, Founder of Media Storm

Brian Storm is coming to Boston for a special two-part program hosted on the Boston University campus by ASMP New England, BU College of Communication, and co-sponsored by the PRC. Please join us in exploring the power of multimedia storytelling with this leader in the field. 

LECTURE
Thursday, September 22, 2011, 6pm Social Hour, 7-9pm Lecture 
BU Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue, BostonTickets (pre-registration / at door)
PRC Members: $15 / $25
General Public: $25 / $35

Students: $5 / $15 

Brian Storm will share how some of the top photojournalists have redefined their storytelling capabilities to include audio reporting and an eye towards publication in multiple media. Their work is capturing acclaim around the world in a time when reader's attention spans are short. Come learn how to disseminate your work to create an impact on the subject, issue, and hopefully society.  

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WORKSHOP

BU Photonics Building, Room 206, 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston

Tickets (pre-registration / at door)
PRC Members: $110 / $130

General Public: $140 / $160
Students: $80 / $100 

In this one-day workshop, Storm will provide an overview of multimedia storytelling approaches while engaging participants in discussion about the most appropriate ways to create a multimedia story. Through real world examples, he will share proven techniques to improve reporting and post production. 

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PRC Announces Fall Programs

Click here to download a flyer of all PRC fall programs. We will be mailing a more detailed version of this flyer to our members in early September.

Portfolio Reviews with PRC Executive Director, Glenn Ruga 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 

If you would like to reserve a spot for this month's portfolio review, please call the PRC at 617-975-0600 on Tuesday, September 20, at 10 am SHARP. This opportunity is for PRC Members only and is on a first come, first serve basis.    

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PRC 2011 Benefit Auction Update  

The Schlitz Boys/Combat Zone © John Goodman, 1978, courtesy of Howard Yezerski Gallery.

The Photographic Resource Center, has been serving the photography, art, and collecting community in New England since 1976. We rely on the support of members, donors, foundations, and corporations to continue our ambitious programming schedule of exhibitions, speakers, workshops, publications, and other educational programs. Your purchase of art work at the auction not only benefits your own collection of fine photography, but also assures that the PRC can continue this work. We hope you will join us on October 15!

Click here to see list of artists represented in the PRC 2011 Benefit Auction. 

Special Auction Event

Vintage and Modern: Tips on Collecting Photography with Alice Zimet

With tour of highlights of PRC Benefit Auction by Karen Haas, Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 6:30 - 10:00 pm     Click here to register >> 

This fun, social workshop, held in the 808 Gallery two nights before the auction, will focus on the beginner basics of collecting, with a particular spotlight on the PRC 2011 Benefit Auction pieces. Alice Zimet is a member of the Collections Committee of the Harvard Art Museums, the International Center of Photography's Exhibitions Committee, and one of two non-photographer board members of the new Magnum Foundation. 
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Auction Tickets Now Available Online 

Tickets to the PRC 2011 Benefit Auction are now available online.  

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Tickets to the live auction are $100. Doors open at 5:30 pm for a reception, gourmet hors d'oeurves, and open bar, with the live auction beginning at 7:00 pm. Tickets to the silent auction are $25 for PRC members and $35 for the general public. Doors open at 8:15 pm for the silent auction and include wine, beer, appetizers, dessert, and coffee (and a very lively party!).

Artists and collectors with work in the auction, as well as benefactors and sponsors, will receive tickets and invitations in the mail in early-mid September.     

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September 2 

Addison Woolley Gallery

Seductive/Concert (September 2 - October 1; Opening Reception: 

September 2, 5-8pm) 132 Washington Avenue, Portland, ME.   

PHOTOSTOP Gallery & Studio

Light-Struck: Abstract Photography Today (September 2-30,
Reception: September 2, 5-8 pm, Gallery Talk with Juror Ellen
Carey: September 2, 7:30pm) 85 North Main Street, Suite 150,
White River Junction, VT. 

Vermont Center for Photography
LIfe and Traditions in Caucasus Georgia, Photographs by Gia
Chkhatarashvili (September 2 - October 2; Reception: September
2, 5:30-8:30pm) 49 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT.  

Works Bakery Cafe
The Divining Camera, Photographs by Al Karevy (September 2 -
October 5; Reception: September 2, 5:30-8:30pm) 118 Main Street,
Brattleboro, VT.

September 8

The Art Institute of Boston - University Hall Gallery

Shen Wei, Chinese Sentiment (September 8 - October 22; Reception:
September 8, 6-8pm) 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA.   

Panopticon Gallery

40th Anniversary Exhibition (September 8 - October 31; Opening
Reception: September 8, 5:30-8:30pm) 502c Commonwealth Ave,
Boston, MA.   

September 9 

Howard Yezerski Gallery

Glass + Light: Amanda Means (September 9 - October 11; 

Opening Reception: September 9, 6-8pm) 450 Harrison Avenue, 

Boston MA.

September 10
Brookline Arts Center Gallery

Freedom and Enslavement (September 10 October 28; Reception: 

September 10, 6-8pm) 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, MA. 

September 10-11
City of Boston
Ahts - The Boston Arts Festival (September 10-11, noon-6pm) 

Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, Boston. 

September 11

Griffin Museum 

Ten Years After 9/11: Visualizing the Human Connection with Dick Simon (September 11, 3-4:30pm67 Shore Road, Winchester, MA.

September 12-13 

ASMP New England

Vermont Lighting Workshop with Rick Friedman (September 12, 

9am-8pm & September 13, 9am-5pm) Lpa Design Studios, 

21 Gregory Drive, Suite 140, South Burlington, VT.    

September 13

Griffin Museum Gallery at the Cambridge Homes
Ordinary People, Photographs by Jan van Steenwijk (September 6 - November 6; Opening Reception: September 13, 6:30-7:30pm) 360 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA.

September 14

Taber Art Gallery, Holyoke Community College
As They Are: Student Portraits (September 6 - 29; Gallery Talk 

& Reception: September 14, 11am-1pm) 303 Homestead Avenue, 

Holyoke, MA.   

September 15
Copley Society of Art

Then & Now: The Enduring Allure of Light in Photography 

(September 10 - October 6; Members' Reception: September 15, 

5:30-7pm) 158 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. 

September 17 

Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE) 
Take a Shot: A Digital Photography Symposium (September 17, 

8:30am-7:45pm) 122 Arlington Street, Boston, MA. 

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