Photography gallery’s new approach of residency welcomes artists who are also first

Photographic Resource Center Artists Sri Thumati, left, and Elizabeth Hopkins flank Catherine LeComte Lecce of the Photographic Resource Center at an exhibition of their work.

Now in its last day, an exhibition organized by the 49-year-old Photographic Resource Center showcases projects from its inaugural artist-in-residence program.

This was the first residency experience for both selected artists, Elizabeth Hopkins and Sri Thumati, whose wildly different methods stretch the boundaries of what’s usually considered photography.

Hopkins, a recent MassArt MFA alumna, makes art about memory, identity and place. Her latest body of work, “The Water Will Carry Us,” depicts Hopkins’ late father in the final months of his life. Thumati, who works out of a space at Central Street Studios, makes