New Orleans Festival of Photography
Sunday, December 11, 11am Open to Festival Pass holders with Registration Registration Opens Monday, November 21 Join NOMA curators Russell Lord and Brian Piper to explore the museum’s four current photography exhibitions: Picture Man: Portraits by Polo Silk Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographs Anne Noggle: Herself Robert Polidori: Recollections […]
TELL HER NOTHING / SHE TELLS ALL Ashley Gates December 7, 2022 – January 29, 2023 Opening: Saturday, Dec 10, 7-9 pm (Free tarot readings by author Melissa Graeber) In her ongoing series Tell Her Nothing, She Tells All, Ashley Gates documents the alluring advertising of clairvoyants, palmists, and tarot readers in a […]
Flip the Switch: IlLumenating the Power of Nature / Winter Pop Up Exhibition Natasha Sanchez December 21, 2022 The one-day only Winter edition of Flip the Switch: IlLumenating the Power of Nature commences at 3:48pm and then lights up the Winter Solstice’s evening hours in the Coffee Science courtyard. Music performances by Natasha Sanchez […]
Various artists September 16, 2022 – January 8, 2023 From photography’s beginnings in the United States, Black studio photographers operated on the developing edge of the medium to produce beautiful portraits for their clients, while also making a variety of other photographic work in keeping with important movements like pictorialism, modernism, and abstraction. Called […]
Anne Noggle April 22, 2022 – February 12, 2023 Trained as a pilot, Anne Noggle’s fearless and adventurous spirit is also seen in her second career as a photographer, curator, and educator. As an artist, Noggle often turned her camera to herself to document and explore the aging process for women. $15 Admission […]
Robert Polidori May 27, 2022 – January 8, 2023 Robert Polidori: Recollections presents a selection of photographs from the largest private collection of prints by Robert Polidori (Canadian-American, born 1951). $15 Admission to New Orleans Museum of Art includes access to these current exhibitions.
Polo Silk July 16, 2022 – January 8, 2023 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 […]
Ishimoto Yasuhiro: Centennial Selections Ishimoto Yasuhiro July 26, 2021 – February 6, 2022 To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ishimoto Yasuhiro (Japanese, born United States, 1921–2012), NOMA presents a selection of works from its collection that reveals the artist’s capacity for capturing humanity with both empathy and detachment, as well as […]
A Brief History of Photography and Transmission A collaboration of artist June 25 – March 20, 2022 While it may seem that the story of photography traces an inevitable arc from a unique material experience toward an infinitely reproducible phenomenon, it could be argued that one of the most important “histories” of photography is […]
Wherever You Go featuring live music by Rhys Everspaugh and Friends John Bishop, Nicole Marie Pyke, and Campbell Nash Opening: Saturday December 11, 2021, 6:00-8:00 pm Exhibition Dates: December 1-January 15, 2022 John Bishop Athens, Georgia: Multiple exposures on 35mm film This series of multiple exposures explores the potential for visual serendipity among otherwise disconnected […]
