Contemporary Louisiana photographers J. T. Blatty, Kristie Cornell, and Virginia Hanusik have turned their lenses on the vanishing environments and cultures of south Louisiana. Presented in conjunction with the annual PhotoNOLA festival, HNOC’s 2024 Jules L. Cahn John H. Lawrence Photography Lecture will bring these powerful artists together to share their projects, photographic practices, and distinctive visions.

Our coastal region’s diversity of animal life and plentiful natural resources have attracted human habitation and industry. But a number of factors—erosion caused by oil exploration and the destruction of cypress swamps, invasive species that threaten to crowd out native plants and animals, and climate change, which raises sea levels and creates stronger hurricanes—both implicate and complicate the human presence in the coastal region. Blatty, Cornell, and Hanusik capture this dynamic environment with reverence for what is being lost, but also appreciation for the beauty that remains.

The lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition A Vanishing Bounty: Louisiana’s Coastal Environment and Culture, currently on view at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Complimentary light refreshments will be served.

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