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PhotoNOLA 2022

Picture Man: Portraits by Polo Silk

Polo Silk
July 16, 2022 – January 8, 2023

New Orleans Museum of Art
1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
New Orleans, LA 70124
504-658-4100
Hours: Tues–Sun 10 am - 5 pm

 

For more than three decades, Selwhyn Sthaddeus “Polo Silk” Terrell (American, born 1964) has been photographing Black New Orleans, creating a unique body of work that blends elements of portraiture, fashion, performance, and street photography. This exhibition explores how Polo Silk successfully blends all of those elements, while illustrating his role as an important part of photographic history.

$15 Admission to New Orleans Museum of Art includes access to these current exhibitions.

 

 

Image: Mardi Gras, Orleans and Claiborne (1999), Polo Silk, Unique Polacolor print, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches, Museum purchase, Tina Freeman Fund, 2021.73

Posted on: Oct 13 2022
Posted in: PhotoNOLA 2022, Exhibitions, Central City, Mid City, Museums,

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