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PHOTO NOIR:Light and shadow in black and white film photography
Mexico, 1985, by Dr. Leslie Parr Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8, 5pm – 8pm, On view through May 6, 2023New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery7800 Oak Street, New Orleans, LA 70130Gallery: 504-919-4510, info@neworleansphotoalliance.org PHOTO NOIR: Light and Shadow in Black and White Film Photography This exhibit celebrates light—the quintessential element of photography—and the shadows that the help define the emotion, detail and information contained in the photograph. In classic Film Noir movies, shadows accentuated mystery and…
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Ruth Orkin: In Motion
New Orleans Photo Alliance is pleased to present Ruth Orkin: In Motion, an exhibition celebrating the works of the pioneering 20th-century photographer and filmmaker Ruth Orkin, curated by Natalie Cooney and Rebecca Rau. Perhaps best recognized for her series chronicling the experience of traveling alone as a woman, and the iconic image American Girl in Italy, Orkin has a distinct eye for storytelling. Over the course of her career, the photographer captured intimate quotidian moments…
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CURRENTS 2022
December 9, 2022 – January 29, 2023Hosted by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St, 70130 Featured image: Kim Llerena, Route 90 West, Texas (Blockbuster) (2020), 8″ x 10”, archival pigment print 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 exhibition will open in December…
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Environs
September 24 – November 23, 2022 A public opening reception will be hosted at The NOPA Center, 7800 Oak Street, on Saturday, September 24, 5 – 8 pm. As the seasons change from Summer to Fall, Environs takes a closer look at the ever changing world around us, as well as our role within it, through the work of five environmentally conscious photographers. Curated by Natasha Sanchez, each Environs artist brings a unique approach to…
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All Music Down Here
New Orleans Photo Alliance’s 2022 spring juried exhibition, All Music Down Here, celebrates the return of live music to the Greater New Orleans Area and honors the diverse, world-class music scene in New Orleans as it exists today.
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Still Life
Still Life, the depiction of predominately inanimate objects, can offer us new ways of looking at the ordinary. The works in this exhibition were chosen for their meticulous care in the selecting, arranging, and lighting of the subject matter. Some of the pieces are sublime in their beauty, others offer up an inexplicable mystery. They all captured my imagination and asked me to slow down and linger. My hope is that they will do the…
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CURRENTS 2021
December 10, 2021 – February 6, 2022Hosted by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St, 70130 Featured image: Sue Palmer Stone, Untitled, from the series Embodiment — Salvaging a Self, 2020 It was a pleasure and an unexpected challenge to look through so many stand-out examples of photography being made today. A pleasure in that I love looking at work; a challenge in that I had to choose ten above the rest. I…
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See You At Home:
December 8, 2021 – January 29, 2022As a part of New Orleans Photo Alliance’s 2021 PhotoNOLA Programming, the NOPA Gallery will be hosting a solo exhibition of work by Vikesh Kapoor (b. 1985, Pennsylvania), the 2019 PhotoNOLA Review Prize Winner. ARTIST STATEMENT My ongoing project, See You at Home, is a personal narrative that centers on family, memory and the myth and melancholy surrounding the American Dream. My parents, Shailendra and Sarla Kapoor, immigrated from…