FROM THE 2002 PRC PRINT PROGRAM

Rodger Kingston
(b. 1941 Seattle, WA; lives Arlington, MA)
Three Penny Opera, Wilmington, Delaware, 1976
C-Print, 13 3/8 x 10 inches
6 signed remaining
2002 PRC Print Program - Selenium Level

Rodger Kingston has worn many hats beyond fine art and documentary photographer.  In 1975, Kingston opened the Photographic Eye Inc., a gallery and bookstore in Harvard Square, and later earned his EdM from Harvard University.  Kingston started building his collection of over 4,000 vernacular photographs and objects in the 1970s. Also a Walker Evans scholar, Kingston published Walker Evans in Print: An Illustrated Bibliography (1995) and an exhibition, Fifty Years on the Mangrove Coast: Photographs by Walker Evans and Rodger Kingston (1998), traveled for two years.

Kingston was a member of the PRC's Board of Directors in the 2000s.  The PRC hosted an exhibition from his vernacular collection in 1997 and a show of contemporary artists that engaged such ideas in conjunction with a large exhibition of his collection at the BU Art Gallery in 2004.  This print showcases his style and interest in vernacular architecture and expression.

Website: www.rpkphoto.smugmug.com


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