PhotoNOLA » December 10th

PhotoWALK

PhotoNOLA — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:35:11 +0000

Sarah Cusimano Miles: Lilac breasted roller with kumquats

Please join us to view work by sixty five portfolio review participants on Saturday, December 10 from 5-7pm.

The photographers linked below will display their portfolios in the International House Hotel’s conference and ballrooms, 220 Camp Street.

This event is free and open to the public.

Richard Ashmore, Victor Balaban, Susan A. Barnett, Anne Berry, Tatyana Bessmertnaya, Barbara Lee Black, JT Blatty, Melissa Borman, Laura Burlton, Patty Carroll, Christopher Chadbourne, Stephen Chalmers, Terry Cockerham, D H Cooper, Sarah Cusimano Miles, Sean Dana, Lisette de Boisblanc, Charlotte Diem, Lisa DiLilllo, Chuck Dye, Nicholas Fedak II, Lewis Francis, Nancy Fulton , Terri Garland, Ann George, Diana Greene, Joshua Dudley Greer, Bryan David Griffith, Frank Hamrick, Kirsten Hoving, Will Jacks, Christopher Jordan, Priya Kambli, Loli Kantor, Eileen Kennedy, Catherine King, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Deb Kreimborg, Diane Kreiter, Eliza Lamb, Aleya Lehmann Bench, Alex Leme, Heidi Lender, Robert Llewellyn, Mary Ann Lynch, Tina Manley, Michael Mastro, Calli McCaw, Robert McCaw, Robert Moran, Kathleen Moser, Colleen Mullins, Donna Pinckley, Mary Quin, Adam Rankin, Linda Reno, Kathleen Robbins, Don Ross, Sharon Shero, Zachary Siebert, S. Gayle Stevens, Corinna Stoeffl, Linda Troeller, Bill Vaccaro, Tom Wik.

Mary Ann Lynch: Dawn Sail, Egypt 2001

Tom Wik: St Paul MN

Kawliga Gallery

PhotoNOLA — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:16:37 +0000

Three Views: A Woman’s Perspective
Sara Elmore, Terry Gaskins & Amie Davis

December 10, 2011 – January 7, 2012
Opening: Saturday, Dec 10, 6-9pm

Kawliga Gallery
3331 St. Claude Ave
New Orleans, LA 70117
225-276-8159

Michael Grecco Talk

PhotoNOLA — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:15:28 +0000

Michael Grecco Talk: Naked Ambition

Saturday, Dec 10, 4pm

Martine Chaisson Gallery
727 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Free and open to the public

The Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry project contains over 200 photographs of actors, filmmakers and personalities in the world of adult entertainment. Grecco photographed his subjects during the 2006 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, the convention which surrounds the annual AVN Awards. The accompanying book’s forewords, written by rock musician Dave Navarro and Hustler magazine editor Larry Flynt, discuss modern culture’s acceptance of pornography into the mainstream, which allows an overtly sexual work like this to be considered a coffee table book. Uncommon in pornography-related works, the photographs have not been altered with any significant image editing or photo manipulation, thus avoiding the layer of fantasy usually applied to actors in this field.

Michael will speak on the interesting aspects of bridging the porn industry and the art world and the various challenges that each arena poses for the artist and the viewer. He will also touch on many of the topics he travels the world speaking about to photographers, such as creativity and The Environmental Portrait.

A selection of images from the series will be on display at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club during PhotoNOLA 2011. Naked Ambition has been shown everywhere from Art Basel Miami to the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University to the Museum of Sex in New York City.

Bio
After a defining stint in photojournalism at the Boston Herald, Michael realized that, while he loved documenting his real-life, and 80?s music subjects on the fly, he wanted to explore his interest in directing people in a more controlled environment. Of course, the prospect of warmer climes and, a proximity to an industry that had a lot of interesting subjects, proved to be a more than attractive impetus for moving West.

Michael has spent years perfecting his signature lighting technique, and in addition to his work for clients, and as an authority on studio and location lighting, he began teaching his process to photographers all over the world, as well as publishing a book on the subject. He has won awards for his advertising and editorial portraiture for a large and impressive diverse group of clients. Recently, Michael has moved into publishing books and creating films around his photography projects, beginning with his publication of “Naked Ambition”, his coffee-table book on the porn industry, and “Naked Ambition: An R-Rated Look at an X-Rated Industry, the movie.”

American Photo Safari

PhotoNOLA — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:09:53 +0000

Gaslight by Lisa Cates

French Quarter

Saturday, December 10, 2011
2:00 – 4:30pm
Free :: Limited to 10 participants :: Register here

Part walking tour + part photo instruction = a whole lot of fun! Chris Loomis, owner of American Photo Safari, invites PhotoNOLA attendees to join him on a complimentary 2 1/2 hour photo tour of New Orleans’ French Quarter. All camera types and skill levels are welcome to attend.

American Photo Safari is one of New Orleans’ most unique activities, appealing to local photo enthusiasts as well as visitors. The workshops are set in the historic French Quarter and combine casual sightseeing on foot with expert instruction by local professional photographers.

The workshop starts at Jackson Square, located in the heart of the Quarter. Participants will meet at the gate closest to the St. Louis Cathedral at 2pm and end at the International House Hotel in time to attend the PhotoWALK.

This special PhotoNOLA workshop is open, free of charge, to the first 10 participants to sign up. Register here.

Questions? Contact Chris Loomis
info@americanphotosafari.com
504-298-8876

Loli Kantor Talk

PhotoNOLA — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:48:27 +0000

Loli Kantor : Gurewitz Couple

There Was a Forest: Jewish life in eastern Europe today
From personal biography to subjective documentary

Artist Talk
Saturday, Dec 10, 3pm

Martine Chaisson Gallery
727 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Free and open to the public

Over six years Loli Kantor traveled to Poland and Ukraine to photograph Jewish life and cultural renaissance there. In this presentation, she will show a collection of images from this work, and talk about her process as a photographer and a visual artist. She will demonstrate how documentary photography and fine art photography come together, and talk about how the project has developed over time. She will give a brief introduction about her background and why she dedicated these past years to this work.

There Was a Forest earned Kantor third place recognition in the 2010 PhotoNOLA Review Prize. A selection of images from the series will be on display at Antenna Gallery during PhotoNOLA 2011.

Bio
Born in Paris and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, Loli Kantor has been living in the US since 1984. Kantor’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally in China, Ukraine, Poland, and Czech Republic. It is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Art Houston, Lviv National Museum in Ukraine, the Drohobych Museum in Ukraine, Lishui Photography Museum in China the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado, the City Center Library in Fort Worth, Texas, and numerous private collections in the US and abroad.

St. Joe Art Lofts

PhotoNOLA — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:53:44 +0000

Meghan Hall: scream my name

Photographers of St. Joe

December 1-31, 2011
Opening: Saturday, Dec 10, 6-9pm

St. Joe Lofts
923 Constance Street
New Orleans, LA, 70130
504-899-2868
Hours: by appointment Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Group Show featuring photographers who reside in the St. Joe Lofts Artists Community, including Meghan Hall and others.

Curated by Epaul Julien.

Poet’s Gallery

PhotoNOLA — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:40:39 +0000

Laura Burlton: Dancing on the Moon

Laura Burlton + Cat Thrasher: Child’s Play

December 1, 2011 – January 31, 2012
Coffee: Saturday, Dec 10, 9am
Opening: Saturday, Dec 10, 6-9pm

Poet’s Gallery
3113 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
504-899-4100
Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-6pm

This is a two woman show featuring Laura Burlton and Cat Thrasher.

Dreams in Chalk by Laura Burlton

Dreams in Chalk features Houston photographer Laura Burlton’s on-going series of dream-like images. Shooting with toy cameras and film and inspired by her own two daughters, the stories from fairytales and literature are symbolized by Laura in chalk, a fragile medium easily washed or wiped away, likened to the fragility of childhood. The fleeting moments take you to another place or time, where dreams are made and everything seems possible. Adults recall an easier time, before reality sets in and these dreams are swept away and left behind much like chalk dust left after they are erased. The images serve as a reminder to dream once again.

Child Face by Cat Thrasher

This project is an art-science collaboration between photographer Cat Thrasher and Vanessa LoBue, assistant professor of developmental psychology at Rutgers University. The pictures of 4 to 6 year old children making emotional faces were originally created for a stimulus set intended for use in scientific studies. The children in these photographs exhibit specific combinations of muscle movements that are reliably characteristic of adult displays of emotion in empirical research.

Poet’s gallery invites PhotoNOLA attendees to a casual coffee and pastry reception with the artists on the morning of Saturday, Dec 10th starting at 9am.

Cat Thrasher, from the series Child Face Exhibit

Galerie Porché West

PhotoNOLA — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:40:08 +0000

New Orleans What Can't Be Lost, book cover

New Orleans: What Can’t Be Lost
Christopher Porché West

November 27, 2010 – January 8, 2011
Opening and book signing: Saturday, Dec 11, 6-9pm

Galerie Porché West
3201 Burgundy Street
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-947-3880
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-6pm

Scott Edwards Gallery

PhotoNOLA — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:53:28 +0000

Kaylin Idora: Michelle L'Amour

Burlesque Exposed

September 29 – December 31, 2011
Reception: Saturday, Dec 10, 9pm – Midnight

Scott Edwards Photography Studio & Gallery
2109 Decatur St
New Orleans, LA 70116
504-610-0581
Hours: Tue-Thurs 12-8pm, Fri-Sat 12pm- 12am

This group exhibition showcasing and celebrating burlesque photography and videography features ten regional artists:
Sean Yseult, Jason Vowell, Vaughn D. Taylor, Bruce Schultz, Kaylin Idora, Scott Edwards, Joseph Crachiola, Don Corbitt, Ken Sharky Braden and Jian Bastille.

Curated by Scott Edwards.

Du Mois Gallery

PhotoNOLA — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:28:49 +0000

Laura D'Alessandro: How Could She?! With all This Poking and Pawing, How Can a Girl Stay Good?!

Laura D’Alessandro: Faded/Fated Fairytales

December 6, 2011 – January 7, 2012
Opening: Saturday, Dec 10, 5-8pm
Artists Talk: Wednesday, Dec 7, 6pm

Du Mois Gallery
4921 Freret
New Orleans, LA 70115
504-818-6032
Hours: Thurs-Sat 12-6 & by appt

Faded/Fated Fairytales is Laura D’Alessandro’s further exploration of the fairytale motif as embodied in her own self-reflective and intimately photographed dioramas.

She will present an artists talk at the gallery on Wednesday, Dec. 7, starting at 6:00pm.

Statement:
“Vision is, to me, a complicated phenomenon composed of multiple layers, altered under varied states. I incorporate layering in my images to evoke the layers of my internal and external experiences. The artist’s life, recorded through my journals and portraits, is essential to my work and includes much of what I incorporate to create my photographic constructions. I use these fragments, elements of collage, and found objects to create a miniature stage set, a movie still from a fictitious moment in time. By controlling lighting and perspective when I ultimately re-photograph my constructions, I can create a mood and direct the viewer’s gaze.

I have been exploring women’s issues with a partly lyrical, partly satirical approach. I have investigated the many influences, both positive and negative, which act to shape women’s beliefs, choices and appearance. My photographic constructions also reflect elements from my life and journals that are personal, and yet I hope that the viewer can also bring in some of his or her own experience.”