Smith, Corn, and Sherer -- More Southern Photographers in the National...
I'm also happy to report that -- in addition to the award-winning work of Cynthia Henebry -- the show at the National Portrait Gallery includes among the work by finalists for the Outwin Boochever...
View ArticleBurk Uzzle is having a Trifecta of Shows in Central North Carolina
The career of the Distinguished Southern Photographer Burk Uzzle is about to be featured in three simultaneous retrospective exhibitions of his work. The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, the...
View ArticleTraditional Processes -- Group Shows in Charleston and at Penland
Among the good things happening in photography right now is a renewed effort to demonstrate the continuing value of traditional methods and practices in photography. Two major group shows now up on...
View ArticleSouthern Cultures and the Documentary Arts
The Spring 2016 issue of Southern Cultures, the documentary arts quarterly from the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC-Chapel Hill, is devoted to documentary arts and contains several...
View ArticleTommy Kha is Having a Great 2016, and Its Only April
Memphis-based photographer Tommy Kha likes to say that his work "operates in the conventions of the Self-Portrait, exploring the divide between self, depiction, image, and representation, and the...
View ArticleNews of Southern Photographers -- Early Spring 2016
Several items of interest, here in the early days of spring in 2016. 1. Sumner, MS-based photographer Maude Schuyler Clay (see image above) has been celebrated byPhoto District News (PDN) in its Photo...
View ArticleBurk Uzzle shows now up in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill
Distinguished Southern Photographer Burk Uzzle is being celebrated in North Carolina this summer with three simultaneous exhibitions inNorth Carolina's Research Triangle, in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel...
View ArticleLook3 photography Festival opening June 13th in Charlottesville, Virginia
Mary Virginia Swanson and all the good folks who bring us the Look3 Festival of Photography are looking forward to welcoming us to Charlottesville, Virginia for this year's Festival, opening June 13th...
View ArticleWilliam Eggleston now represented in NYC by the Zwirner Gallery
The New York Times brings news that Distinguished Southern Photographer William Eggleston is now represented in New York City by the David Zwirner Gallery, at 525 W 19th Street. The press release...
View ArticleLori Vrba at the Southeast Center for Photography
Chapel Hill-based photographer Lori Vrba has a major show of work from her Portal portfolio now up at Greenville, SC's Southeast Center for Photography, in their exhibition space downtown, at 1239...
View ArticleDeadline for Slow Exposures Fast Approaching
Slow Exposures, the annual photography show about the Rural South, will be held this September 15 - 18 in Pike County, Georgia.There is still time to get your work into Chris and all the good folks in...
View ArticleSouthern Photographers on the Web, Late Spring 2016
The World Wide Web has become a significant display medium for photographers. Southern photographers recently singled out for celebration on the Web include the following: 1. Winston-Salem, NC-based...
View ArticleEmmett Munger Mann (1979 - 2016)
Sad news from the Lexington (VA) News-Gazette:"Emmett Munger Mann, born Nov. 20, 1979, the son of Lexington attorney Larry Mann and Distinguished Southern Photographer Sally Mann, and co-parents Karen...
View ArticleSouthern Photographers in the Galleries -- Late Spring 2016
Southern photographers have had lots of their work on the walls of galleries and museums in the spring of 2016. Some of the photographers with work on display include the following:1. Hattiesburg,...
View ArticleAaron Hardin and Matt Eich Win Magnum Awards
The Magnum Photography Award recipients for 2016 have been announced and among them are two Southern photographers.Jackson, Tennessee-based photographer Aaron Hardin (see image above) has received...
View ArticleThe Do Good Fund has a new website!
THE DO GOOD FUNDThe Do Good Fund is building an exceptional collection of Southern photographs, a collection that promises to become the most complete and comprehensive collection of photographs of the...
View ArticleStacy Kranitz Is Having a Wonderful 2016, and Its Only July
Kentucky-born photographer Stacy Kranitz (see image above) is based in LA, but is usually on the road in the South. Recently, she has been working on a documentary project about members of a Muslim...
View ArticleHistoric New Orleans Collection Acquires Archive of Harlod F. Baquet
The Historic New Orleans Collection has announced that it has received a bequest of the archive of distinguished New Orleans photojournalist Harold F. Baquet (1958–2015). According to the Collection,...
View ArticleSOUTHERN GLOSSARY Makes Its Debut!
SOUTHERN GLOSSARY is a new New Orleans-based web-based magazine which promises to be "about art, culture, and performance across the South." The folks at SOUTHERN GLOSSARY say the want to bring us "a...
View ArticleWilliam Eggleston at the National Portrait Gallery
Distinguished Southern Photographer William Eggleston is having a major exhibition of his work at the National Portrait Gallery in London, now up through October 23rd, 2016. This show constitutes a...
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