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Luna Press Call for Submissions

By PhotoNOLA on April 3, 2013

An exciting publication opportunity for New Orleans photographers:

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.”
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Posted in Calls for Entries

Call for 2013 PhotoNOLA Exhibitions

By PhotoNOLA on January 17, 2013

The 8th annual PhotoNOLA festival will take place Dec. 12 – 15, 2013 in the city of New Orleans. We are currently seeking to establish exhibitions for the upcoming event!

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.

Posted in Calls for Entries, Featured, General

Continuing Exhibitions

By PhotoNOLA on January 11, 2013

Several PhotoNOLA exhibitions remain on view, with end dates ranging from January 12 – April 2013. If you haven’t seen them yet we hope you’ll get out to enjoy them before they come down.

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
***

Posted in General, PhotoNOLA 2012

Indie Photobook Library Exhibition Extended

By PhotoNOLA on January 2, 2013

We’re delighted that the Indie Photobook Library (iPL) pop-up exhibition has been extended!

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.

Posted in General, PhotoNOLA 2012

2012 PhotoNOLA Review Prize Announced

By PhotoNOLA on December 14, 2012

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

After the PhotoNOLA Portfolio Reviews conclude, each reviewer is asked to select three outstanding projects. This year Debora Schwedhelm, Brandon Thibodeaux and Sandi Haber Fifield were chosen from among sixty-five photographers who attended the reviews.

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.

Deborah Schwedhelm - Ellie 2, Clitherall

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

BrandonThibodeaux_When_Morning_Comes_untitled_001(72)

Brandon Thibodeaux – untitled, from the series When Morning Comes

10.SandiHaberFifield_Night Station, 2012(72)

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

Posted in Featured, PhotoNOLA 2012, Portfolio Review Updates

HomeSpace

By PhotoNOLA on December 7, 2012

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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).
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Posted in December 8th, Exhibitions, Galleries, PhotoNOLA 2012, St. Claude Arts District

Shuttle Maps for Saturday & Sunday Nights

By PhotoNOLA on December 1, 2012

Posted in General

Rick Shaw | POYi Presentation

By PhotoNOLA on November 26, 2012

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.
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Posted in December 1st, French Quarter, Lectures, PhotoNOLA 2012

Public Art Tour

By PhotoNOLA on November 26, 2012

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.
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Posted in Julia/CBD Arts District, November 29th, Other Events, PhotoNOLA 2012