New Orleans Festival of Photography
Finding Home Emily Williams December 10-31, 2021 Emily Williams: Finding Home searches for the evidence of humanity—an unmade bed, an open window, a dilapidated house —to find out who was or will be there. The series explores places that mean something to whoever may have inhabited them but appear vacant at the moment […]
UNTAMED / Where the Roots Rise | The Hidden South Jaime Johnson Aelavanthara | Brent Walker December 11-29, 2021 Opening: Saturday, Dec 11, 6-9 pm The Hidden South, a photographic series by Brent Walker, is an ongoing project that focuses on telling the stories of often overlooked people on the fringes of Southern […]
Paper & Glue (2021) A documentary about famed French photographer JR December 3 – 16, 2021, daily screenings at 7 pm Admission: $10 General, $9 for Students and Seniors SAM WANG’S CENTRIPETAL PERSISTENCE, a 25 minute film by John Rash, and UNDERAGE, a 7 minute film by Ohm Phanphiroj, will screen for free December 8 […]
CURRENTS 2021 and PhotoWALK Festival Event December 10, 2021, 6:00pm-9:00pm CURRENTS is an annual exhibition that highlights the diverse photographic work being created by New Orleans Photo Alliance members. It is a showcase exhibition designed to give an overview of contemporary photographic practices and projects. The exhibit will open in December at the Ogden […]
The Perpetual Threat of Loss Christy Lorio December 1-31, 2021 Opening: Saturday, Dec 4, 6-9 pm The Perpetual Threat of Loss, a photographic exhibit by Christy Lorio, addresses the photographer’s stage IV colorectal cancer diagnosis in relation to the Louisiana swamps she grew up in. Christy considers her hair loss due to chemotherapy as […]
We, Women Produced and presented by Photoville, Women Photograph and PhotoNOLA Various Artists Now-January 31, 2022 In the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, We, Women was founded to amplify women and gender nonconforming voices during an era of divisiveness and distrust in politics. Through a radical transformation of image-making—with the goal of […]
Sugar Various Artist December 11, 2021-February 6, 2022 On View: Saturday, December 11, 2021, 6:00 pm -10:00 pm Virtual Opening Yesterday, sugar’s cultivation as an anthropogenic crop spurred the production of plantation-based economies, eschewing pre-existing biodiversity, violently disregarding Indigenous sovereignty, and torturing the enslaved African descended body. Today, the commodity continues to line the […]
King Tides Michel Varisco December 4, 2021-January 22, 2022 King Tides, a photographic installation by Michel Varisco in the library of M.S. Rau, imagines a future where sea level rise has overtaken the land. King tides are the highest tides experienced in coastal cities; they occur when the earth, moon, and sun are all […]
Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body RaMell Ross October 23, 2021-March 27, 2022 Ross will be giving a guided gallery talk during the CURRENTS 2021 Opening and PhotoWALK on Friday, December 10, 6 pm on the Ogden’s 4th floor. In 2018, photographer, filmmaker, and educator RaMell Ross released the documentary film Hale County This Morning, […]
Healing Images John Novak November 22, 2021-January 13, 2022 On View: November 22, 2021 Virtual Opening: December 9, 2021, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm I have always found animals of all sorts fascinating, not only because of their diversity and complexity, but also due to their astounding range of behaviors. Having lived closely with […]
