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Constance recently had the honor to concept the look & feel and online presence for the all-female New Orleans photography ensemble, Southerly Gold. They are educators and travelers, artists and professionals. They formed with a desire to combine their diverse drive for the photographic medium and to foster a dialogue with other women in the field.
Their first collaborative project, each member chose a color from the CMYK spectrum to photograph as literally or figuratively as each saw fit, producing 40 photographic interpretations.
So please mark your calenders for the launch / exhibition Monday, April 9th at May Gallery located under the Claiborne bridge at 2839 N. Robertson St, Suite 105.
Visit the Southerly Gold site | Visit the Facebook Event page
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New York-based writer and photographer Paul Kwiatkowski captures the grotesque and trashy beauty of modern life, most recently portraying the swamps and strip malls of south Florida, in his set of works entitled “And Every Day Was Overcast.”
above: Excerpts from And Every Day Was Overcast. 2011
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Willem Popelier is a Dutch visual artist who uses photography focusing on conceptual representations of identity. He is fascinated by the common and manifest ways in which portraits are being used.
His series ||||| and Willem chronicles the lives of the identical twins ||||| and Willem, who were separated for ten years during their youth. The project questions modern family relationships and how identity is perceived through photography.
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Berlin photographer, Tobias Zielony photographs young people in their given environments, usually in the fringe areas of urban reality. His photos are in the tradition of the picture story, something between intimate proximity and observing distance and capturing the “completely casual form of social life”.
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New Orleans-based Aubrey Edwards’ Big River is a series shot entirely on the banks of the Mississippi River in 5 different areas of the Greater New Orleans region, over the course of 3 months. It comprises portraits, landscape imagery and found objects, together giving their audience an understanding of a community and culture depending and thriving on the river.
Her show recently opened in Atlanta as part of Dashboard Co-op: Ground Floor, and will be opening locally during PhotoNOLA at St. Coffee on December 10th.
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Opening: Wednesday, March 23 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm at The Paddock at the Fair Grounds
After a season of writing workshops on the backside of the Fair Grounds, the Neighborhood Story Project has produced an exhibition of open letters written by jockeys, trainers, grooms, hotwalkers, veterinarians and track employees.
With portraits taken by Aubrey Edwards, the show gives a sustained look into a city within the city of New Orleans. Each year, more than 700 workers arrive in October and leave after the Louisiana Derby at the end of March. In this project, the writers have documented the joys and struggles of the horseracing world during the months in between. The exhibit includes handmade letter boxes with copies of the letters that can be taken home to read more about the months of work and planning that go into creating the two minutes of racing glory.
This work was produced by the Neighborhood Story Project and the University of New Orleans. The publishing was paid for by a generous grant from the Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots. Graphic design by Erik Kiesewetter.
More info at: Room 220
images: Martin Brown, Daniel Orantes, Joanna Leake, Waverly Parsons
