SIX SHOOTERS....next wednesday May 12 @ CAC

New Orleans Photo Alliance presents:

SIX SHOOTERS | May 12, 7-9 PM

Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street, New Orleans

Free Admission

Moderator: Richard McCabe

Panelists: Richard Sexton, Elenor Owen Kerr, Bruce Schultz, Euphus Ruth, Ed Richards, Lisa Silvestri

Six Shooters is a moderated panel discussion in which six artists engage in discussions about their proceses’s, influences, inspiration and work.This edition of Six Shooters is the fourth in an ongoing series produced by the New Orleans Photo Alliance and will feature photographers who utilize large format photography in their work.

For more info go to www.neworleansphotoalliance.org

PhotoNOLA: Six Shooters - Tidbits

Jane Fulton-Alt's photo from the "Burn" series

Last nights PhotoNOLA Six Shooters event was as huge success. Here are a few of my deciphered notes which include some heady tidbits of dialogue from the panelists, moderator and audience.

• New Orleans is a place of transformation, its part of the culture to reinvent yourself visually
• A photo is successful when you step back and look at your photograph and see your own value in it
• To be a successful photographer today , must you also be an editor, marketer, writer, web-designer, curator, etc?
• Photo as object not image
• New Orleans is a place overrun with similar interpretations, it deadens us to the place, can new beauty still be found here?

Obviously since I wrote down these quotes they resonated with me for some reason. The second bullet made me think a lot about my work, because at this point with the proliferation of images I've been capturing and displaying I wonder which have any real value? Who will determine that value if I don't at first? What am I shooting? Why am I shooting?

The last bullet has made me think about shots taken in NO, Im going to re-examine some of my overlooked shots of New Orleans now actually to see if any strike me. I know none of them truly capture the 'spirit' of New Orleans, but I know I have some beautiful shots somewhere.

Those of you living in NO, should definitely check out our next Six Shooters probably being scheduled in April some time, there was a great vibe at last nights event and the crowd kicked ass. Checking out the Seth Resnick Lecture tonight at Tulane's Freeman Auditorium at 6:30.

Comments welcomed as always.