View from above: Photographer finds beauty, destruction as he flies over marshby John D’Addario, The New Orleans Advocate
“I hope that my photos might inspire a little more love for this place. I think we need to be in love with this place before we can do what’s necessary to stop wrecking it.”
by D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly
“Depp’s photographs eloquently suggest that in Louisiana the boundaries between art and life are as shifting as the boundaries between the land and the sea.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A Gallery For Fine Photography
241 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA 70130
info@agallery.com, 504-568-1313
On view through September 27, 2018
Bayou’s End, A Gallery for Fine Photography’s exhibition of photographs by Ben Depp, captures the landscape of Southern Louisiana from a new perspective, emphasizing the alien beauty of this rapidly changing ecosystem. Almost as fascinating as the images themselves is the daring technique by which they are taken. [Read more…] about Ben Depp: Bayou’s End
ARTIST RECEPTION Thursday, April 5, 5 – 8 PM
ON VIEW April 5 – June 1, 2018
Bayou’s End, A Gallery for Fine Photography’s exhibition of photographs by Ben Depp, captures the rapidly changing landscape of Southern Louisiana from the bird’s-eye perspective of a motor-powered paraglider piloted by the artist himself.
Join us on February 17 at 2 PM for an Artist Talk with Michel Varisco, presented by the New Orleans Photo Alliance. Michel will discuss her current project, Below Sea Level, on view in the second floor exhibit space.
Artist Reception Saturday, December 9, 5- 8 PMBelow Sea Level, the latest body of work from New Orleans artist Michel Varisco, imagines a metaphorical future for citizens after global sea levels have risen to overtake the land.
[Read more…] about Michel Varisco – Below Sea Level: Artist Reception
Artist Reception November 30, 5 – 8 PM
by D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly
“[Sacabo] wondered if, and how, those contrasting modes of urban expression — one ephemeral, the other eternal — could be reconciled. This elaborate photogravure montage series, Barking at God, is the result of her investigation.”
“All that’s left for me is to bark at God.”
– Clarice Lispector
[Read more…] about Josephine Sacabo – Barking at God: Retablos Mundanos: Artist Reception
Artist Reception Thursday, March 30, 5 – 8 PM
On View March 30 – July 1, 2017
A Gallery for Fine Photography presents Richard Sexton: Louisiana, a career-spanning exhibition of photographs by Sexton.
[Read more…] about Richard Sexton – Louisiana: Artist Reception
by D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly
“Joel-Peter Witkin’s now-famous proclivity for morbidity blossomed years later with his photos of Coney Island freak shows, and he’s been art photography’s incorrigible goth rocker ever since.”
by John D’Addario, The New Orleans Advocate
“Like snapshots from half-remembered dreams, Sacabo’s images rely on mood and atmosphere for their effect, and resist attempts at literal interpretation.”