James DuSel makes photographs of parts of architecture, sometimes of well known buildings like the Baltimore Museum of Art and sometimes in obscure places like the arches under a bridge or an expressway. They're very grabby, these pictures, in a way that yet another picture of a familiar facade wouldn't be.

Because he's showing aspects that most people wouldn't have noticed, they stop the viewer and make him look again -- and probably make him look again at the building the next time he sees it.

A group of DuSel's palladium prints (printed on paper that has been coated with a palladium emulsion) are on view at the American Institute of Architects Baltimore chapter bookstore. They're worth a look.

At the American Institute of Architects Baltimore, 11 1/2 W. Chase St., through March 25, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays. For information, call 410-625-2585.

Pub Date: 03/04/99