Nancy Newberry: MUM

December 4, 2010 – January 8, 2011
Opening: Saturday, Dec 11, 6-9 pm
Preview Party: Sunday, Dec 5, 7-9pm

HomeSpace Gallery
1128 St. Roch Ave
New Orleans, LA 70117
917-584-9867
Hours: Sat 12-5 and by appt

Texas based photographer Nancy Newberry won third place in the 2009 PhotoNOLA Review Prize. Her series “Mum” documents a gift-giving ritual virtually unknown outside of Texas, the Homecoming Mum. Large and elaborate, these uniquely decorated silk flower corsages are exchanged before the homecoming game. In documenting this tradition filled with complex systems of encoded symbology and collective history, Newberry explores the chaotic nature of self-representation, while confronting her own teenage mythology.

Holly Hughes, Editor in Chief of Photo District News (PDN), said “The photographer’s rapport with her teenaged subjects shines through in each of these environmental portraits.”