Please join us Saturday, July 12th, 6-9pm for the opening reception of New Orleans de Nuit, juried by David Joshua Jennings and Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.
Inspired by Brassaï’s Paris de Nuit photo collection from 1933, this call invited photographers to explore and unveil New Orleans after dark. Like Brassaï’s Paris, the images here transform the ordinary into the ethereal through the transaction of light and dark. Wander where tourists fear to tread!
Who: The New Orleans Photo Alliance and the Second Story Gallery
What: Opening Reception
When: July 12, 2025, 6-9pm
Where: Second Story Gallery (2372 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117)
Why: We love art!
In 1933 the Hungarian-French photographer Gyula Halász, better known by his pseudonym Brassaï, published “Paris de Nuit”, a collection of images exploring nocturnal Paris in the early 1930s. These images were made during Brassaï’s lengthy nighttime wanderings through the streets, cafés and hidden corners of Paris, revealing a mysterious, sometimes seedy city not meant for tourists: prostitutes, lovers in shadowy corners, empty rain-slicked streets, night workers. Brassaï’s revolutionary work elevated night photography to an art form and continues to influence artists to this day.
Conjuring Brassaï’s spirit, we put forth this call to all photographers whose souls resonate with the night. Brassaï once prowled the rain-slicked cobblestones of Paris capturing moments never meant for daylight. Nearly 100 years later, we turn our gaze to New Orleans, where beneath the veneer of revelry and tourism beats a heart equally profound and enigmatic.
We call to those who feel night photography is not merely documentation, but alchemy – a transformation of the ordinary into the ethereal through the interplay of darkness and light. The true New Orleans night reveals itself only to the patient and courageous, those who stray beyond the safety and comfort of the daylight. Wander where tourists fear to tread. Linger where instinct tells you something unseen pulses. Capture New Orleans’ nocturnal soul not as an outsider looking in, but as an ingrained accomplice in its mystery.
Featured Artists:
Jamal Barnes @visionarybarnes
Updesh Bedi
Caleb Breaux @brainweightcaleb
Taylor Castillo @taylorc.photo
Seth Cook @s.adamcook.art
Tenzin Dolker @the_solicitude
Kristin Fouquet @kristinfouquet
Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee @rhrphotography
Eli Johnson @deusexgasolina
Leone Julitte @leonejuice
Zachary Kanzler @zachary_kanzler
Virat Kapur @arrived_While_Lost
Kevin Lajoie @photolajoie
Ryan Lips @ryan.lips
Denise Lyons @roamingnola
Donald Maginnis
Eli Mergel @shotby_eli
CB Merritt
Darrell Miller @darrellmillerphotography
David Rae Morris @davidraemorris
Leon Morningstar
Joliet Morrill @photo.joliet
Daniel Newton @newtons_laws
Dung Nguyen @departedpatterns
Julien Orr
Kenneth Pape
Stacey Pearson @staceypearsonphotography
Jared Ragland @jaredragland
Chad Schneider @movingstillpix
Alexandra Silverthorne @silverthorne02
Carlos Talbott @carlostalbott
Trenity Thomas @504degrees
Karl Turner
Joseph Walton @josephwaltonphotography
Remy Williams
Cover Photo: Kevin Lajoie @photolajoie