A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 322 Royal Street New Orleans, LA 70117 Telephone 504-568-1313 Fax 504-568-1322 www.agallery.com * * * * * October 27, 1999 A Gallery for Fine Photography announces the release of Vestiges of Grandeur The Plantations of Louisiana's River Road" by Richard Sexton Saturday, November 6, 1999 Book Signing: 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Artist Reception: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 322 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA Exhibition continues through December 1, 1999 "Because of Louisiana's beginnings as a French agrarian colony, it is unique within the Southern experience. It was in south Louisiana that Creole, Anglo, and African traditions blended to create a distinctive New World culture. The River Road is not merely a random slice of the antebellum South, but a rare subculture embedded within it." -Richard Sexton, from the preface to Vestiges of Grandeur. Richard Sexton began a story with his photographs of the resplendent homes of the Crescent City in New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence. He now brings us another chapter in the architectural and landscape history of Louisiana in Vestiges of Grandeur: The Plantations of Louisiana's River Road. His 230 color photographs are testaments to a unique Southern legacy: the plantation culture of River Road. Richard Sexton lives in New Orleans. He is an acclaimed photographer, journalist, and instructor. Books Available: Ą New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence, signed, hardcover, $40. Ą Vestiges of Grandeur: The Plantations of Louisiana's River Road, signed, hardcover, $40. Ą Vestiges of Grandeur: Special slip-cased edition of 100, signed and numbered by the author, with an original 8" x 8" color photograph, Ceiling Medallion, Whitney Plantation. $275. We will also host a reception for photographer Danny Lyon on Thursday, November 4, 1999 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For more information, please call 504.568.1313.