Boston Rediscovered (Regional Photos)
"Ulrike Welsch stands among the stars of Boston photographers. She began her life in another world, far from this City on a Hill, growing up in post-war Germany. At the time, as a youngster, she didn’t know anything about Boston, hadn’t even seen any pictures of it. But that was all to change. As a photographer for The Boston Globe and later as a freelancer, Uli was to capture the images of Boston’s people and places on film as few others have, before or since."Boston in 2002 is a very different city than it was when Uli first arrived here. Today Boston is a vibrant cosmopolitan city with a quarter-million students and a multitude of new restaurants, hotels, theaters, and shops. The flavor of European cities—Paris, Berlin, or London—often comes to mind as one walks our winding streets."Uli’s photographs are a wonderful play of colors, of people, of places, and—above all—of the joy and happiness that a beautiful city can bring to its many guests and residents. Capturing these images—which Uli does magically—is a rare gift."—From the foreword by William O. Taylor,Chairman Emeritus, Boston Globe