To celebrate the opening of “Confluence: The Tina Freeman Collection of Photographs,” join us and PhotoNOLA in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for an intergenerational conversation about the exhibition and career experiences in the field of photography.

Panelists include photographer and filmmaker Sienna Pinderhughes; photographer and artist consultant Jenny Bagert; and photographer, curator, and collector Tina Freeman. The conversation will be moderated by Emilia Mickevicius, Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona and contributing essayist for the exhibition catalogue.

The panel discussion will be preceded by a 5:30 PM Gallery Talk from Brian Piper, NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings. Following the discussion, a book signing for the Confluence exhibition catalogue with Piper, Mickevicius, Freeman, and Pinderhughes will be held in the NOMA Museum Shop.

Schedule

5:30-6:15 PM | Zita and Luther Templeman Galleries, Second Floor
Gallery talk with NOMA Curator Brian Piper

6:30 – 7:30 PM | Lapis Center for the Arts, First Floor
Panel Discussion: “The Work We Live With: Women in Photography”

7:30 – 8:00 PM | NOMA Museum Shop, First Floor
Confluence exhibition catalogue signing with Piper, Mickevicius, Freeman, and Pinderhughes

Occupying five gallery spaces, “Confluence” includes photographs from over seventy artists, including George Barnard, Ilse Bing, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Keith Calhoun, Julia Margaret Cameron, Imogen Cunningham, George Dureau, Robert Frank, Gertrude Käsebier, Clarence John Laughlin, Sally Mann, Lisette Model, Irving Penn, Josephine Sacabo, Alfred Steiglitz, Doris Ulmann, James Van Der Zee, Edward Weston, Piet Zwart, and many others. Selections reflect Freeman’s gravitation toward lesser-known works by significant artists, promising to broaden our understanding of many photographers.

“Confluence” showcases over one hundred of the most exciting photographs in the collection, presented together publicly for the first time. Arranged thematically, with an emphasis on formal similarities between individual photographs, “Confluence” reveals the eye and interests of a collector trained as a photographer. The presentation emphasizes Freeman’s interest in land and seascapes, nude and figure studies, modernism, and a variety of approaches to still-life photography. “Confluence” includes examples of a wide variety of historical and contemporary photographic processes, with attention to their beauty and material qualities. Visitors to the exhibition can expect some surprising juxtapositions that cross both era and genre, and will leave with a new appreciation for the power of living with photography.

“Confluence” is accompanied by the publication of a fully-illustrated catalogue, including 185 full color reproductions and a detailed checklist of the entire Freeman Collection, available now for preorder through the NOMA Museum Shop. In March 2027, the exhibition will undergo a partial rotation of new works, promising a refreshed viewing experience and new discoveries.