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Guthrie Contemporary

In spite of it all there's no place like home. Jennifer Shaw
Hurricane Story by Jennifer Shaw

Location:

Guthrie Contemporary
3815 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70115
Tue- Sat 12-5 and by appointment
504-897-2688
www.guthriecontemporary.com

Exhibition Dates:

December 1, 2009 – February 15, 2010

Opening:

Saturday, Dec 5, 6-9pm

About Hurricane Story:

I was nine months pregnant and due in less than a week when Hurricane Katrina blew into the Gulf. In the early hours of August 28, 2005 my husband and I loaded up our small truck with two cats, two dogs, two crates full of negatives, all our important papers and a few changes of clothes. We evacuated to a motel in southern Alabama and tried not to watch the news. Monday, August 29 brought the convergence of two major life changing events; the destruction of New Orleans and the birth of our son. It was two long months and 6000 miles on the road before we were able to return home.

Hurricane Story is a depiction of our family’s evacuation experience – the birth, the travels and the return. These photographs represent various elements of our ordeal. The project began as a cathartic way to process some of the lingering anger and anxiety over that bittersweet journey. It grew into a narrative series of self-portraits in toys that illustrate my experiences and emotional state during our time in exile.

Posted on: Nov 22 2009
Posted in: PhotoNOLA 2009, Exhibitions, Uptown, Galleries,

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