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The Everyday Projects: Peter DiCampo, Tasneem Alsultan, Nicole Craine and Kay Hickman, Moderated by Allison K. Young

The Everyday Projects uses photography to challenge stereotypes that distort our understanding of the world. As a global community of visual storytellers – documentary photographers, journalists, artists, and more – the organization is committed to using imagery to combat harmful misperceptions and to rise above persistent inequality. As a non-profit, The Everyday Projects works to […]

VIRTUAL FEATURED ARTIST TALK: Kate Breakey

Join PhotoNOLA in this featured artist talk with Kate Breakey as part of the PhotoNOLA2020 Virtual Reception: Thursday December 10th Zoom Time: 7:30-8:30p CST BIO: Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers […]

Virtual Featured Artist Talk: Monique Verdin

Virtual Featured Artist Talk: Monique Verdin Virtual Talk: Sunday December 6th, 2020 4:30-5:30 BIO: Monique Verdin is an interdisciplinary storyteller who documents the complex relationship between environment, culture, and climate in southeast Louisiana. She is a citizen of the Houma Nation, director of the Land Memory Bank & Seed Exchange and a member of the […]

Virtual Artist Talk: SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES FOR ARTISTS: BEING FOLLOWED, BEING FOUND with Mary Virginia Swanson

OVERVIEW: How many people can you reach by pushing a button? Do the sheer numbers matter, or the people behind the numbers? Are your efforts in having a presence online better served by being “followed” by a broad audience, or by strategically posting with searchable hashtags towards being “found” by curators, gallerists, art consultants, photo researchers […]

Virtual Featured Artist Talk with Rania Matar

Join PhotoNOLA in this featured artist talk with Rania Matar as part of the PhotoNOLA2020 FESTIVAL PASS VIRTUAL ARTIST TALK: 8-9pm Rania Matar was born and raised in Lebanon and moved to the U.S. in 1984. As a Lebanese-born American woman and mother, her cross-cultural experience and personal narrative inform her photography. Matar’s work has […]

Radcliffe “Ruddy” Roye Lecture

Ruddy Roye Lecture: When Living Is a Protest December 11, 2016 10am Free and open to the public Radcliffe “Ruddy” Roye discusses his 15-year career in photojournalism and his editorial and environmental portraits. A self-proclaimed “Instagram Activist”, Roye combines powerful images with in-depth narratives. These reflections are drawn from engaged and intimate dialogue with his […]

Susan Burnstine Lecture

Susan Burnstine is renowned for her dramatic black and white images, drawn from her dreams and nightmares. Join her for a lecture and book signing on Dec 11. Free and open to the public.

Joel-Peter Witkin Lecture

Joel-Peter Witkin is renowned as the creator of elaborately constructed photographic tableaux exploring grand themes of religion, sex and mortality.

Cig Harvey Lecture

Cig Harvey Lecture Lecture & Book Signing: Sunday, Dec 13, 11:30am THNOC Williams Research Center Free and open to the public Cig Harvey’s narrative photographs are celebrated for their luminous color, natural light, and lush scenery. While drawing on traditions of portraiture and landscape, Harvey exceeds the conventions of these genres, using metaphor and symbol […]

David G. Spielman: The Katrina Decade

The Katrina Decade: Images of an Altered City August 22, 2015 – January 9, 2016 Reception & Lecture: Saturday, Dec 12, 4pm The Historic New Orleans Collection marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with the release of the new book and exhibition “The Katrina Decade: Images of an Altered City,” featuring the haunting black-and-white […]

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