The PRC is pleased to announce the publication of an unprecedented portfolio of photographs by world-renowned artists. Each artist represented in the PRC Portfolio is considered a contemporary master.

The photographers included in the portfolio are Barbara Bosworth, Jim Dow, Lalla Essaydi, Ralph Gibson, Frank Gohlke, Emmet Gowin, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, David Hilliard, Henry Horenstein, Jocelyn Lee, Laura McPhee, Susan Meiselas, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Abelardo Morell, Patti Smith, and Sage Sohier.

The portfolio was produced in a trade edition of thirty-five signed and numbered prints enclosed in a custom clamshell case measuring 20 x 24 inches. Each photographer received an artist proof edition of the portfolio in return for his or her contribution. Artist proof editions were given to Color Services, LLC and Palm Press, Inc., who were the printers of the editions. Three artist proof editions will remain with the PRC.

The price of the portfolio is $25,000 with a special discount for non-profit institutions.

Interest in The PRC Portfolio has been substantial and nearly half of the trade edition has been sold. Copies are already held in the public collections of the Addison Gallery of American Art, the DeCordova Museum of Art and Sculpture Park, the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film as well as a number of prestigious private collections. In addition, it has just entered the collection of the Center for Creative Photography.

If you have any questions about the portfolio or would like to place your order, please email Jim Fitts, Executive Director, at jfitts@prcboston.org or call 617.975.0600.

Click here to read the review of the Portfolio exhibition by Mark Feeney in the Boston Globe


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PRC PORTFOLIO
(The following is adapted in part from the colophon, acknowledgements, and biographical pages of The PRC Portfolio)

The PRC Portfolio was published in 2008 and distributed by the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, located at 832 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA.

The PRC Portfolio Committee selected the artists and assisted with the communication and logistics. Dr. Kim Sichel, Associate Professor, History of Photography and Modern Art at Boston University , wrote the essay and Leslie K. Brown, PRC Curator, wrote the biographies.

The individual prints were created under the artists' direct supervision, as is customary contemporary practice, in the medium listed on the following pages. The mat backboards are Rising Conserva Mats and the overmats are Rising Museum Rag. All mats are 4-ply, except the ParkeHarrison print, which is 8-ply. The portfolio is cased in a handmade, clothbound, archival box produced by Portfoliobox, Inc.; the frontispiece, colophon, essay, and biographical pages were designed by Jim Fitts, PRC Executive Director.

In addition to the PRC Board of Directors, the PRC wishes to thank the PRC Portfolio Committee; Color Services, LLC; Palm Press, Inc.; Kim Sichel; and all of the artists and their galleries. In addition, the PRC Portfolio Committee would like to express their gratitude to Marc Elliott and Gus Kayafas for their counsel and support.