A walking elegy, tiny gallery, and gentle Brutalism
Campus & Community A walking elegy, tiny gallery, and gentle Brutalism Photo illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff July 9, 2025 2 min read Photography professor recommends 3 local spots to find beauty, solace Part of the Favorite Things series Recommendations from Harvard faculty Robin Kelsey is the Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography, History of Photography and American Art. Favorite place to walk Mount Auburn Cemetery You can commune with the dead, with migrating birds, and with ancient trees. Each time I visit, I treasure the chance to say hello to departed friends, from vital contemporaries who left us too soon (e.g., our faculty colleague Svetlana Boym) to those long-gone but thrilling us still (e.g., Winslow Homer). When I need to restore myself, there is no better place in Cambridge than this path-winding refuge with its massive, straight-boled oaks. Favorite art gallery Anthony Greaney What better place to find contemporary art than up creaking stairs in a dilapidated warehouse by the Market Basket in Somerville?...