“Benjamin Smoke” ( film screening/Q&A with filmmaker Peter Sillen)
The Broad Theater
Thu, Dec 11, 2025 - Thu, Dec 11, 2025Special Screening for Benjamin Smoke, featuring Q&A with filmmakers and musical performance by former members of "Smoke".
Opening: Dec. 11th 6:30p
Altered Exposure – Post-Photographic Perspectives
Ferrara Showman Gallery
Wed, Nov 5, 2025 - Mon, Dec 15, 2025FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY is pleased to announce Altered Exposure – Post-Photographic Perspectives featuring the work of: Tiffany Calvert, E2 – Kleinveld & Julien, Sarah Jacobs, Peter Olson, and Peter Sarkisian.
Opening: Saturday 6 December, 5-9PM
ANTIGRAVITY Presents: Garage Sale
Suis Generis
Sat, Dec 13, 2025 - Sat, Jan 4, 2025The ANTIGRAVITY vault is getting a little overcrowded so we're having a "Garage Sale" of past works spanning the near decade we've been hosting this annual PhotoNOLA show at Suis Generis.
Opening: Saturday 12/13 6 PM
Archive, Legacy & Empathy: Remembering Fazendeville
UNO St. Claude Gallery
Sat, Dec 13, 2025 - Sun, Jan 4, 2026UNO St Claude Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition by Artist Aaron R. Turner that explores the linear movement of light, desire, and time.
Opening: 12/13/25 at 6pm
Barbara’s Game
Parlour Gallery
Sat, Dec 6, 2025 - Sat, Jan 31, 2026Barbara’s Game invites audiences into a participatory, intergenerational exploration of memory, identity, and witnessing.
Opening: December 6, 2025 from 6-9pm
Bird’s Eye View – A Selection of Photography by Ben Depp
Claire Elizabeth Gallery
Thu, Dec 11, 2025 - Mon, Jan 19, 2026“Bird’s Eye View - A Selection of Photography by Ben Depp” includes an aerial photography taken by Depp over the past decade plus.
Bywater Fine Art Printing Presents
Bywater Fine Art Printing Studio
Thu, Dec 11, 2025 - Sun, Dec 14, 2025Established artists from New Orleans, exhibit fine photography and works on paper.
Opening: soft opening Saturday 13th, 6-9pm, Sunday, 14th 11-6pm opening for the community
Carnival of Time: A 3-Act Operetta
Marigny Opera House
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 - Wed, Dec 10, 2025Making its premiere at the Marigny Opera House, Carnival of Time is a surrealist journey with a cast of time-traveling characters who await the return of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Opening: Dec.10th 2025, 6:30p
Currents
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Fri, Dec 12, 2025 - Sun, Feb 1, 2026"CURRENTS" is an annual exhibition that highlights the diverse photographic work being created by New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) members. It is a showcase exhibition designed to give an overview of contemporary photographic practices and projects.
Opening: December 12, 2025
DẠ, ĐÚNG RỒI
Antenna:6330
Sat, Nov 8, 2025 - Sat, Dec 13, 2025A solo exhibition from photographer and filmmaker Horatio Nguyen of ten photographs of the Vietnamese diaspora along the Gulf Coast and a short film about a funeral brass band in Sài Gòn. Together, the works trace echoes between diaspora and homeland, revealing how communities reinvent belonging across water and time.
Opening: CLOSING RECEPTION: 12/13/2025
Dawoud Bey: Elegy
New Orleans Museum of Art
Fri, Sep 26, 2025 - Sun, Jan 4, 2026Dawoud Bey: Elegy draws upon the factual and imagined realities of the early African American presence in the United States.
EYES WIDE OPEN
SMITH contemporary
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 - Tue, Dec 30, 2025Eyes Wide Open examines the current societal issues that have greatly divided the United States of America.
Opening: Saturday, December 13th (6-8pm)
Good Company
Aquarium Gallery and Studios
Sat, Dec 13, 2025 - Fri, Jan 2, 2026"Good Company" is a demonstration of enduring love and friendship to honor the life and work of local photographer Devin O. Saurus, who unexpectedly passed away in January 2025 at the age of 39.
Opening: 12/13/25. 6-10pm
Housesitting
Ten Nineteen
Thu, Nov 20, 2025 - Sat, Jan 10, 2026A companion exhibition to In Threes (also on view at Ten Nineteen), Housesitting is a series that began in 2022 in the home of Maude Schuyler Clay and Langdon Clay during their extended travels.
Opening: December 13, 2025
In Threes: Photographs by Maude Schuyler Clay, Langdon Clay, and Sophia Clay
Ten Nineteen
Thu, Nov 20, 2025 - Sun, Jan 12, 2025The Do Good Fund is pleased to announce "In Threes: Photographs by Maude Schuyler Clay, Langdon Clay, and Sophia Clay."
Opening: Saturday, December 13, 2025, 6pm
Interplay: A Study of Light, Line & Form
Backline Wine & Spirits
Mon, Dec 1, 2025 - Wed, Dec 31, 2025Interplay This exhibition presents a selection of works drawn from the artist’s decades-long exploration of light, line, and form—three elemental forces that, in their convergence, spark an emotional and physical response in her creative process.
Opening: December 1, 2025
KIN
New Orleans Photo Alliance
Sometimes the strongest images we make are the ones that are the most personal to us of our family, whether it be biological or chosen, that we have captured through our lens.Locals Only
Bar Redux
Thu, Dec 11, 2025 - Sat, Jan 31, 2026As part of this year’s Photo NOLA festival, Locals Only is a vibrant photography exhibition celebrating the soul of New Orleans through the eyes of those who call it home.
Opening: December 11, 2025, 8:00pm
LOUVIERE + VANESSA: DUST OF THE STARS
Farrington Smith Gallery
Sat, Nov 8, 2025 - Sun, Jan 4, 2026Our latest series “Dust of the Stars” explores the intrinsic connection between the celestial and the earthly. We have created a unique medium by combining bone and water to form handmade bio plastics, symbolizing the organic and the intangible.
Opening: Sat Nov 8, 2025 6-9pm
MANIFEST 2025: An Annual fstop504 Group Exhibition
Fourth Wall
Mon, Dec 8, 2025 - Mon, Feb 2, 2026Come party with New Orleans photography nonprofits, fstop504 and New Orleans Photo Alliance Saturday Night. Connect with fellow photographers, artists, curators, and models while discussing your favorite PhotoNola Festival exhibitions over music and drinks. There will be a raffle to help raise money for both organizations.
Opening: December 13, 7-11pm
Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed
New Orleans Museum of Art
Wed, Apr 30, 2025 - Sun, Mar 1, 2026French photographer and visual artist Nicolas Floc’h’s Fleuves-Océan project traces the movement of water across our planet, exploring its flow through varied habitats and representing the ways we are all connected by water cycles and systems.
Now or Never
A Gallery for Fine Photography
Sat, Dec 13, 2025 - Mon, Mar 30, 2026Now or Never includes twenty new 19 x 15 inch photogravures by Josephine Sacabo. The exhibition will also feature the release of Sacabo's latest book, TAGGED, available in both a trade and a limited collectors' edition.
Opening: Saturday, December 13, 4 - 6 pm
Photo NOLA ‘Nacular
NOLA ‘Nacular
Sat, Dec 6, 2025 - Mon, Dec 29, 2025Group show of toy camera, instant camera, and other non-professional non-SLR non-DSLR camera photographs and images
Opening: Sat Dec 6, 6pm to 10pm
PhotoNOLA Invitational
Arthur Roger Gallery
Sat, Dec 6, 2025 - Fri, Feb 13, 2026Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to announce PhotoNOLA Invitational, a group exhibition presented in conjunction with the annual PhotoNOLA festival. The exhibition highlights a range of contemporary photographic practices through the work of nine artists connected to this year’s program.
Opening: Saturday, December 6 | 6–8 PM
Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage
Kolaj Institute
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 - Sat, Jan 24, 2026Throughout 2024 and 2025, Kolaj Institute hosted virtual residencies during which artists made work at the intersection of photography and collage.
Opening: Saturday, December 13, 5-8PM
Porch to Pulse
Antenna:3718
Sat, Nov 8, 2025 - Sun, Dec 14, 2025Through these images, Davis invites viewers to feel the continuity of culture, family, and community— the pulse that endures within both landscape and spirit.
Opening: December 13, 2025
Screening of Two Lives in Photography, directed by Thad Lee
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Sat, Dec 13, 2025Directed by Thad Lee, Two Lives in Photography is a documentary film about married photographers Maude Schuyler Clay and Langdon Clay.
Opening: 12/13/2025, 2:30pm
Sense of Place
Gallery Vanhooten
Mon, Dec 1, 2025This exhibit showcases the work of five artist with images of places and spaces that caught their eye as creatives to capture through their camera.
Opening: Dec. 6 2025 5-8pm
Silence is a Sanctuary
Joseph Walton Photography Gallery
Thu, Dec 11, 2025 - Wed, Dec 31, 2025This solo exhibition by Joseph Walton presents a new body of work that captures a quieter, more contemplative side of New Orleans.
Opening: December 13th 6pm-8pm
Synchonicity
Second Story Gallery
Thu, Dec 11, 2025 - Sun, Jan 4, 2026Photosynthesis is a visual expression of three artists Christopher Brumfield, Jason Chaffin and Heather Weathers.
Opening: Saturday December 13 . 2025 6-9 pm
The Unending Stream: Chapter II
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Sat, Sep 27, 2025 - Sun, Mar 15, 2026The Unending Stream is a two-part exhibition that showcases the thriving community of photographers in New Orleans. The title of the exhibition pays homage to a Clarence John Laughlin photograph of the same title, which is a part of the permanent collection at Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
The View from Here: Women Photographers of the American Landscape
New Orleans Museum of Art
Fri, Jul 25, 2025 - Sun, Jan 4, 2026The photographs included in "The View From Here: Women Photographers of the American Landscape"—all of which are from NOMA’s permanent collection—illustrate some of the exceptional diversity of landscape photographs made by women artists working in the United States since the year 1900.
whatever the fuck you want
Antenna:6330
Sat, Nov 8, 2025 - Sun, Dec 14, 2025Whatever the Fuck You Want is a group exhibition featuring selected photographic works in diverse styles and mediums—ranging from digital to silver gelatin to historical processes.
Opening: December 13, 2025 from 6-10 pm
