It is also featured on the New Orleans Photo Alliance Website and New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau Website.
New Orleans Photo Alliance Presents:
“Forever Hold Your Peace”
The New Orleans Photo Alliance is pleased to present “Forever Hold Your Peace,” a group exhibition on the subject of weddings, juried by Sylvia Plachy. In curating this exhibition, Plachy, a Hungarian born, New York based, world-renowned photographer, selected 31 photographs depicting the traditions, customs, symbols and the rich human tableau surrounding wedding rituals. Featured artists include Marc Pagani, Evan Abramson, Katie DelaVaughn and Kate Nicholson. A slideshow of 50 additional images will run throughout the opening. “Forever Hold Your Peace” will be on view from June 5 through July 19, 2009 at the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, 1111 St. Mary St. New Orleans, LA 70130. The opening reception takes place on Saturday, June 6, from 6-9pm and Ms. Plachy will present a Gallery Talk at 7pm.
“I was looking for the same kind of pictures that I look for when I am photographing. I was looking for what would move me and for what I would never tire of looking. I wanted to see a burst of life palpable on a piece of paper.”- Sylvia Plachy
I feel honored that one of my favorite photographers Sylvia Plachy, whom I heard speak earlier this year at the NYPL through an Aperture Foundation event, selected all my entries to be in the exhibit. The following image, Alistandose, taken on my point and shoot camera in Altagracia, Nicaragua of Fatima's wedding will be framed on the gallery wall.
The following four images, also taken in Altagracia, Nicaragua, will be exhibited in the gallery slideshow.
The New Orleans Photo Alliance is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2006 whose mission is to encourage the understanding and appreciation of photography through exhibitions, opportunities and educational programs. PhotoNOLA is a month long celebration of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with galleries, museums and photographers citywide. The fourth annual series of events are currently being planned for December 2009.
For additional information on The New Orleans Photo Alliance please visit them online on their website: www.neworleansphotoalliance.org or at their blog www.neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot.com
A preview of the exhibition can be seen on their website: http://neworleansphotoalliance.org/exhibitions.php
