Featuring masterpieces by photographers such as William Fox Talbot, André Kertész, and Edward Weston,Photography at NOMA: Selections from the Permanent Collection explores the museum’s extensive 10,000 – work photography collection and demonstrates the city of New Orleans’ role in the history of photography. In the first comprehensive display of works from its collection since the 1970s, the exhibition will include 130 photographs spanning from the early 1840s to the present and created by some of the most recognizable names in the field, including Robert Mapplethorpe, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Robert Frank, as well as by anonymous photographers. Images of New Orleans will be a connecting thread throughout the exhibition.
Mechanic and Steam Pump
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Friedlander
Bing
NOMA Shows Off Photo Collection
By Eileen Fleming | WWNO Listen to the story here The New Orleans Museum of Art is offering a glimpse at a fraction of its collection of photographs. Of the 10,000 pictures, 132 are on display. We spoke with curator Russell Lord about the exhibition — how NOMA built such an extensive collection, starting in… Read More
A Tour Of The New Orleans Museum Of Art’s Fabulous Photo Collection
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune View the slideshow and article here At the south end of City Park in New Orleans, lies a photography treasure trove. Back in the early 1970s, The New Orleans Museum of Art got into the photo collecting business. Then director, John Bullard, appreciated that documentary and artistic photos… Read More
First Comprehensive Exhibition Of Masterworks From New Orleans Museum Of Art Photography Collection Opens In November 2013
Photography at NOMA Features Works by Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe, William Henry Fox Talbot, and Edward Weston, Among Many Others New Orleans,LA— Featuring masterworks by photographers Edward Weston, William Henry Fox Talbot, André Kertész, Robert Mapplethorpe, and many more, the New Orleans Museum of Art’s… Read More
Review: Photography At NOMA
By D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly This review originally appeared on bestofneworleans.com Everybody knows about this city’s pioneering role in the history of American music and food, but what about photography? Blank looks are a common response to that question, yet not only was the South’s first photo studio located here, it belonged to… Read More
Doug MacCash’s Top 10 New Orleans Favorite Art Exhibits And Events Of 2013
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared on NOLA.com My 10 favorite New Orleans art exhibits of 2013 are like a bowl of apples and oranges. The best of the bunch was, without doubt, Brandan Odums’ “Project Be,” a series of graffiti-style portraits of Civil Rights heroes painting on the walls… Read More
Sponsors / Partners
Photography at NOMA: Selections from the Permanent Collection is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art. Major support for the exhibition is provided by Kitty and Stephen Sherrill, Adrea Heebe and Dominick Russo, Dr. H. Russell Albright, Joshua Mann Pailet, Josephine Sacabo and Ms. E. Alexandra Stafford. Additional support for the exhibition is provided by E. John Bullard, A. L. Jung III, Cherye R. and James F. Pierce and the New Orleans Photo Alliance.