Lori Waselchuk: "Grace Before Dying"
- Starts:
- 10:00 am on Tuesday, July 5, 2011
- Ends:
- 5:00 pm on Tuesday, July 5, 2011
- URL:
- http://www.bu.edu/prc/schedule.htm
- Address:
- PRC at BU, 832 Commonwealth Avenue
- Audience:
- public
Exhibition in the gallery of the Photographic Resource Center
Lori Waselchuk is a photographer based in Philadelphia, but she has a special level of dedication to people in the state of Louisiana. Her work in Grace Before Dying concentrates on a prisoner-run hospice program at Louisiana State Penitentiary located in Angola. The prison has a large percentage of inmates serving life sentences; nearly three-quarters of its 5,000 residents will leave the prison only upon their deaths. Waselchuk gained unique access to a program that has transformed lives. Her panoramic black-and-white prints record the heightened sensitivities that this ground-breaking program has instilled in a very tough world.