Luna Press is working on a new book project to be released in December 2013, during PhotoNOLA.

New Orleans photographers are invited to submit work for consideration. Image selection will be juried by Eric Bookhardt, writer, art critic and photographer. There is no submission fee.

From Luna Press:
“The book is based on the desire to showcase the multiplicity of excellent quality photography works and styles being produced in New Orleans. We believe that New Orleans is going through a serious renaissance in photography and want to pay tribute to it while providing something for PhotoNOLA visitors to take home.”

Luna Press is dedicated to the publishing of illustrated books — based on Baudelaire’s idea that there are “correspondences” between the arts and that the best and most natural appreciation of a work of art may be a response to it in another.

Submission guidelines:
Photograph submissions should represent work created post-Katrina.
Images do not have to be New Orleans subject matter.
Submitting photographers should live and work in New Orleans or its environs.

Submission details:
Submissions are due by April 15th.
Please submit 5 images.
Images should be in jpeg format, 7″ long dimension @ 300dpi. (Please note that the final images selected will be requested as a CMYK, 12″ long dimension “tiff” files for reproduction.)

Submit images by mailing or dropping off a disc or flash drive to:

Luna Press
c/o Jenny Bagert
838 N. Rendon St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
Please write your first and last name on the disc or drive.

The final selection of work/artists to be included in the publication will be announced by Luna Press by May 25th.

Copies of the book will be for sale to the public.
All photographers included in the book will receive a complimentary copy.
The book is being funded by Luna Press and is a labor of love. Any profits generated will be donated to the New Orleans Photo Alliance.

Questions? Contact: Jenny Bagert – sales@lunapress.com

Credit: Seth Boonchai

Artists Seeking Venues
This form is for photographers interested in showing work in New Orleans this December, in conjunction with the festival. Deadline April 17, 2013.

Venues Seeking Artists
This form is for venues interested in hosting a photography exhibition this December, in conjunction with the festival. Deadline April 17, 2013.

Exhibitions Listings Form
This form is for already established exhibitions that will be showcasing photography during the festival and wish to be included in this year’s festival guide. Deadline August 1, 2013

If you or someone you know is interested in participating in the festival please share and complete the appropriate form by April 17 if seeking a pairing, and NO LATER THAN AUG. 1, 2013 for completed exhibitions listings.

Questions?
Please contact Veronica Hartowicz, PhotoNOLA Exhibitions Coordinator:
exhibitions@photonola.org

Time lapse video of the installation of Steve Pyke’s “Philosophers” exhibition at NOCCA by Seth Boonchai.

Keith Carter: Natural Histories
Josephine Sacabo: Nocturnes
On view through April, 2013

Reviewed on New Orleans Art Insider

A Gallery for Fine Photography
241 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-568-1313
Hours: Thur-Mon 10:30am – 5:30pm
***

Richard McCabe: The Polaroid Years
On view through January 12, 2013

Reviewed on Pelican Bomb

Art House on the Levee
4727 Dauphine Street | New Orleans, LA 70117
504-450-6235
Hours: Saturday & Sunday by appointment, 1 – 5 pm
***

Priya Kambli: Color Falls Down
On view through January 20, 2013

Reviewed on A Photo Editor and Pelican Bomb

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)
900 Camp Street | New Orleans, LA 70130
504-528-3805
Hours: Wed–Mon 11am-5pm
***

5 Rooms/5 Photographers Featuring Heidi Lender,
Jane Fulton Alt, Jennifer Shaw, Aline Smithson and Ayumi Tanaka
On view through January 26, 2013

Guthrie Contemporary
3815 Magazine Street | New Orleans, LA 70115
Hours: Tue–Sat 12-5pm
505-897-2688
***

POYi Visions of Excellence
On view through February 2013

Louisiana State Museum Old US Mint
400 Esplanade Ave | New Orleans, LA 70116
504-568-6993
Hours: Tues–Sun 10am–4:30pm
***

Sarah Cusimano Miles: Solomon’s House
On view through January 26, 2013

Reviewed on A Photo Editor and New Orleans Art Insider

Martine Chaisson Gallery
727 Camp Street | New Orleans, LA 70130
504-302-7942
Hours: Tues–Sat 10am-5pm
***

Chandra McCormick & Keith Calhoun: Faces of Tremé/New Work
On view through January 26, 2013
Panel discussion with the photographers and others: TBD, January 2013

Reviewed in The Advocate

McKenna Museum of African American Art
2003 Carondelet Street | New Orleans, LA 70130
504-586-7432
Hours: Thur-Sat 11am-4pm; Tue-Wed by appt.
***

Kathleen Robbins: Into the Flatland
New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery
On view through January 20, 2013

Reviewed on A Photo Editor

New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery
1111 St. Mary Street | New Orleans, LA 70130
Hours: Sat-Sun 12-4pm, and by appt.
***

J. Stirling Barrett – Facade: New Orleans Photographic Collage
On view through April 6, 2013

Bruce Schultz: Metal, Glass & Paper
On view through February 2, 2013

Scott Edwards Photography Studio & Gallery
2109 Decatur Street | New Orleans, LA 70116
504-610-0581
Hours: Thurs–Mon 12-8pm, Open til Midnight on Friday & Saturday
***

Perique: Photographs by Charles Martin
On view through February 2, 2013

The Historic New Orleans Collection’s Williams Research Center
410 Chartres Street | New Orleans, LA 70130
Hours: Tues–Sat 9:30am–4:30pm
***

iPL Pop-Up at CAC, PhotoNOLA 2012. Credit: Courtney-Kate-Asztalos

Thanks to Courtney Asztalos, Larissa Leclair and the CAC staff, 33 titles from the iPL collection, curated on the themes of migration, cultural identity and transition, will be on view at the Contemporary Arts Center for select days and by appointment throughout January 2013.

• Saturday, January 5, 2013, Noon to 5PM
• Thursday, January 10, 2013, Noon to 5PM
• OFFSITE: February 1, 2013, 511 Royal Street, 1PM to 4PM
• **On view by appointment throughout January by emailing: visualarts@cacno.org

More info here: www.cacno.org/visualarts/exhibition/2012/12/indie-photo-library/ and here.

Larissa Leclair, founder of the iPL, was recently interviewed by Susan Larson of radio station WWNO 89.9 FM for the program The Reading Life about the exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center. Listen to the broadcast here.

PhotoNOLA reviewer in the process of determining their Review Prize selections.

Debora Schwedhelm received the most votes, earning her the PhotoNOLA Review Prize, which includes a solo exhibition at the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery during the eighth annual PhotoNOLA, a cash award of $1000, and a marketing consultation with Mary Virginia Swanson. 2^nd Place winner, Brandon Thibodeaux, and 3^rd Place winner, Sandi Haber Fifield, are recognized with image galleries on the PhotoNOLA website.

Learn more about the photographers and their winning projects here:
2012 Review Prize Winners.

Debora Schwedhelm – Ellie 2, Clitherall, from the series From the Sea

Brandon Thibodeaux – untitled, from the series When Morning Comes

Sandi Haber Fifield – Night Station, 2012, from After The Threshold

V

December 8, 2012 – January 6, 2013
Opening: Saturday, Dec 8, 6-9pm

HomeSpace
1128 St Roch Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-344-2610
Hours: Sat 12-5, Sun 12-3

An anniversary salon at HomeSpace, celebrating five years of exhibiting in St Claude. Presenting the work of 40 artists who represent the collaborative spirit and the DIY attitude of HomeSpace, including many photographers (highlighted below).

Joshua Alleman * Luis Cruz Azaceta * Muffin Bernstein * Mark Bercier * Lisette de Boisblanc * Brian St Cyr * Bruce Davenport Jr * Skylar Fein * Millie Fuller * Robert Hannant * John Isiah * Sharon Jacques * Jamara Johnson * Maria Levitsky * Louviere + Vanessa * Deborah Luster * Shawne Major * Richard McCabe * Jack Niven * Gary Oaks * Mary Jane Parker * Michael Pajon * Euphus Ruth * Josephine Sacabo * Jenny Sampson * Bruce Schultz * Loren Schwerd * Cynthia Scott * Elizabeth Shannon * Jennifer Shaw * Connie Shea * Judy Sherrod * Lisa Silvestri * Gayle Stevens * Robert Tannen * Brian Waitman * Eric Whitaker * Carl Joe Williams * Jeremy Wilson

+ Laigniappe Brass Band, cocktails & tasty treats

A Chance In Hell – Ross Taylor of the Virginian-Pilot

NewsPhoto Stories: The Complement of Print and Online

Louisiana State Museum Old US Mint
Saturday, December 1, 2012
2pm

Free and open to the public

Rick Shaw, Director of Pictures of the Year International (POYi) will speak about POYi and present an illustrated talk examining the ways in which several recent news stories were covered in print and on the web. After that, he will lead a gallery tour of the Visions of Excellence show.

The presentation examines three recent projects produced by regional daily newspapers, and how the photographs for each project were display both in print and on the websites.

Local newspapers have a tradition of providing their readers with great photographs that reflect the character and spirit of the community they serve. Today, newspaper photographers are harnessing the broad reach of electronic platforms to supplement the traditional print product. And when contrasting photography that is presented online and those in print, reader may see things differently. Reviewing three major photography projects, the discussion on Saturday will contrast whether the same photographs can have different interpretations between online and print presentations.

If I Die Young – John Pendygraft of the St. Petersburg Times

A walking tour of public art led by Margot Herster

Leaves from the International House Hotel
Thursday, November 29
4:30pm
Free and open to the public

In recent decades, practices involving the placement of art in public spaces has shifted from the permanent and aesthetically focused works commissioned by government and institutions to timely and more provactive work of independent artists and small collectives. This hybrid lecture and brief tour engages recent examples of art that affect New Orleans’ public space while drawing on, and seeking to provoke community dialogue on social, community, and political issues affecting the city’s future.

International House is located at 220 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Michael Butler – from the series Rodeo Drive

PhotoWALK

December 1, 2012
5-7pm
International House Hotel Conference Facility
220 Camp Street, 2nd Floor
New Orleans, LA 70130

Free and open to the public

Sixty-five photographers participating in the PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review will display their work for an early evening portfolio walk.

Featured artists: Joe Aker, David Armentor, Robert Avakian, Nancy Baron, Randi Beach, Walter Beckham, Sheri Lynn Behr, Chris Bickford, JT Blatty, Jonathan Blaustein, Michael Butler, Dennis Church, Kristin Davidson, Lisette deBoisblanc, Charlotte Diem, Benjamin Dimmitt, Nicholas Fedak II , Sandi Haber Fifield , Vladimir Frumin, Bryan David Griffith, Meg Griffiths, Susan Guice, Frank Hamrick, Chuck Hemard, Tim Hope, Nancy A. Johnson, Jamie Johnson, Christopher Jordan, E2 (E Paul Julien & Elizabeth Kleinveld), Rhea Karam, Eileen Keator, John Kokajko, Galina Kurlat, Eliza Lamb, Heidi Lender, Clay Lipsky, Jennifer Litterer, Claire Mallett, Ben Marcin, Andy Mattern, Jennifer McClure, Herman Mhire, Colleen Mullins, Adam Neese, Christine Osinski, Lydia Panas, Elizabeth Perrin, Mary Quin, Susana Raab, Mark Renz, Amanda Schilling, Debora Schwedhelm, Judy Sherrod/S. Gayle Stevens, Kurt Simonson, Rylan Steele , Susan Keiser, Nicholas Syracuse, Brandon Thibodeaux, Linda Troeller, Bill Vaccaro, Jose Valdivia, Michel Varisco, Jeanne Wells, Deanna Witman, and Jeffrey Yuan.

Vladamir Frumin

Chuck Hemard – Bishop Mud Puddle

Brandon Thibodeaux – Switch for my Cousin

See image samples from all the participating photographers here.