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Hot City

Chambers put together this project based on his coverage ofProvidence, Rhode Island as Personal Photographer to MayorJoseph R. Paolino, Jr. and City Photographer during 1985 - 1989.At the time, it offered an interesting aspect to historical, visualdocumentation. Usually, this type of display shows pastgenerations involved in various activities, and the viewer can onlyattempt to relate to what is perceived as having happened duringthat particular era. Since Hot City involved contemporaries, theviewer may have had personal recall of an activity, may haveknown and related with an individual in the coverage and in fact,may very well have been a part of the documentation process. Theproject received a Mayor's Proclamation from Mayor Paolino.

HC-1 (Newspaper reproduction) HC-3 (Newspaper reproduction)

HC-2 (Newspaper reproduction) HC-4 (Newspaper reproduction)

News coverage: Portfolio, Sunday Journal Magazine, TheProvidence Journal-Bulletin (June 25, 1989), Providence, RhodeIsland: "Tom Chambers is a documentary photographer who worksas an official photographer for the City of Providence. Although hisjob requires that he photograph officials at public events, he oftenalso focuses on the ordinary people who appear at these gatheringsand elsewhere in Providence. In the photographs on these pages,we see moments that wouldn't come across in a 60-second TV newsstory: a boy waiting for a parade to start; a little boy holding hisfather's hand; a little boy wearing a police helmet and standing in acrowd of people at a parade; and a girl riding and waving to acrowd. These images are selected from among the 400 prints nowappearing in an exhibit of Chambers' work at Hospital TrustNational Bank. Entitled 'Hot City', the exhibit continues throughAugust."

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EXHIBITIONS

Providence In Austin (solo show), G.F. Gallery, Austin, Texas,U.S.A., 1992.

Hot City (solo show), Corridor Gallery, Rhode Island Hospital TrustNational Bank, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. (grant - RhodeIsland Hospital Trust National Bank; accepted as a part of the Cityof Providence Archives; and received a Mayor's Proclamation),1989.

Part of the installation at Rhode Island Hospital Trust NationalBank:

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