June | July | August 2008 Volume 32, Number 3 - Boston ...

Claire Beckett, Private Dan Floyd at Basic Training, Fort Knox, KY, 2007,
from the series “Simulating Iraq,” Digital C-Print, 29 ½ x 36 ½ inches,
courtesy of the artist and the Bernard Toale Gallery
Ellen Susan, SPC Melvin Moore, 2007, from the series
“Soldier Portraits,” Ambrotype (collodion positive on
glass plate), 10 x 8 inches, courtesy of the artist
PRC Juried Show History
In celebration of the PRC’s 30th anniversary in the 2006/
2007 academic year, and to reflect more accurately the
mission and function of our annual photography competition,
we changed the name of the PRC Members’ Exhibition to
EXPOSURE: The Annual PRC Juried Exhibition. In total, over 245
artists have shown in the PRC Juried Exhibitions—including
an array of established photographers and those cited as
“ones to watch.” Winners each exhibit several images in the
PRC gallery and are also highlighted in the PRC’s publication,
in the loupe, which is distributed to thousands of visitors,
members, colleges, museums, and libraries.
Guest jurors of the Annual PRC Juried Exhibition represent
esteemed curators, photographers, publishers, and industry
professionals. Past jurors have included Jen Bekman, founder
and director of the New York gallery jen bekman; Jeanine
Fijol, Photo Editor of Photo District News (PDN) magazine;
Alison Devine Nordström, Curator of Photographs, George
Eastman House International Museum of Photography and
Film, Rochester, NY; Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Director of
Curatorial Affairs at the DeCordova Museum of Art and
Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; Chris Enos, artist, educator,
and founder of the PRC; Diana Gaston, then independent
curator, now Associate Curator at the Fidelity Collection,
Boston, MA; Deborah Martin Kao, Curator of Photography,
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA;
Richard B. Woodward, former Editor at Large, Doubletake
Magazine; and Edward Earle, Curator of Digital Media, International
Center of Photography, New York, NY.
The objective of this prestigious exhibition perhaps rings
even more true today than when it was first announced in
the PRC newsletter in 1996: “[the PRC juried show] signals the
Center’s deepening commitment to area artists and its support of
the range of photography produced in the New England region.”
To that, I would add “nationally and beyond.” Join us in congratulating
the featured artists of the PRC’s 13th Annual
Juried Exhibition.
About the 2008 Guest Juror, Lesley A. Martin
Lesley A. Martin is Publisher of the book-publishing program
at Aperture Foundation, where she has worked on-and-off
for the past twelve years, most recently as Executive Editor.
In 2006, American Photo named Martin an Innovator of the Year,
because “She’s breaking the mold for iconic photography
books” with her cadre of “conceptually oriented books that
have added a fresh vision to the photography world.” Her
writing on photography has been published in Aperture,
American Photo, and DoubleTake, among other publications
and she has edited over fifty books of photography, including
Reflex: A Vik Muniz Primer; An-My Lê: Small Wars; My Life in
Politics: Tim Davis; Fandomania: Characters and Cosplay by Elena
Dorfman; Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names by Alex Webb;
and Richard Misrach: On the Beach.
— Leslie K. Brown, PRC Curator