Best place to hang
Okay, the name rivals only MassArt's "Rudolf Arnheim Resource Room" for evoking a place you wouldn't want
to see art. But the Photographic Resource Center, in the basement below Boston University's Morse
Auditorium, is one of the best places to catch good photography on a regular basis. For a while, the
PRC pushed a rock-and-roll connection to get attention: Lou Reed and Michael Stipe both showed photographs
here. and made much-ballyhooed appearances at their openings. But the PRC's mix of documentary and "art"
photography is never less than compelling. Recently, a show of the Leopold Godowsky Jr. Color Photography
Awards exhibited photographs of Africans by Africans, at once stark and celebratory. "Nature" photos, shots
of pre-World War II China, and photos of Soviet East Germany have all filled the PRC's halls. It's the best
reason to get off the B Line when it comes above ground on Comm Ave.
Photographic Resource Center, 602 Comm Ave, Boston, (617) 353-0700.
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