projo.com Rhode Island Art

It's often said that art is a form of self-expression. But what happens when the"self" doing the expressing is actually many different selves -- some defined by social and family ties, others determined by age or education and still others dictated by biology and genetics? At what point does self-expression morph into something more richly multi-dimensional?

2008 Providence Journal photo contest winners

This year's Providence Journal Photo Contest changed with the technology of the times. Instead of having readers submit traditional prints, we asked for digital pictures by e-mail. More than 500 images were submitted. Our two categories were the People and the Scenes of New England.