January | February 2006 - Boston Photography Focus

8 | opportunity
Paul Weiner, Safe Haven, 2002, Cibachrome print, 24 x 20
inches. Courtesy of the artist. After being selected for the
2005 PRC Members’ Exhibition, Somerville’s Weiner
received a 2005 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist
Grant for Photography.
On the organization’s 30th anniversary, the
PRC is pleased to present the 11th annual
2006 PRC Members’ Exhibition. A showcase
for the outstanding talent displayed by our
members, the exhibition is a great opportunity
to view a slice of the best and brightest as well
as see topics in which contemporary minds
are engaged. With only 10-20 people selected
from the close to 300 expected entries, the
PRC Members’ Exhibition is a highly competitive
and nationally revered program. Winners
will be highlighted in the May/June issue of
in the loupe, which is distributed to over 2,500
visitors, members, museums, and university
and college libraries all over the United States.
Guest jurors represent esteemed curators,
photographers and photography professionals
from the region and beyond. Past guest
jurors of the PRC Members’ Exhibition have
included: Alison Devine Nordström, Curator
of Photography, George Eastman House International
Museum of Photography and Film;
Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Director of Curatorial
Affairs, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture
Park; Deborah Kao, Curator of Photography,
Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum; Richard
Woodward, Editor at Large, Doubletake
Magazine; Edward Earle, Curator of Digital
Media, International Center of Photography,
Diana Gaston, formerly Associate Director of
San Francisco Camerawork and Curator at the
Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego,
and Chris Enos, artist, educator, and Founder
of the PRC.