Exhibition: Memories of New Orleans

A photo exhibition currently up at Ecclesia Houston (on Sundays between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.) through late November, 2021. A portion (10% each) of the proceeds from the sale of these prints during this period will go towards Ecclesia's Gulf Coast Response, and towards on the ground relief efforts being undertaken by Feed The Second Line in New Orleans. (Artist Statement at bottom of page.)

Each print will come with a certificate of authenticity and will be signed & numbered on the recto (with additional information and an authentication hologram on the verso). The listings are for unframed prints only and the prices are subject to increase as the number of available prints in each edition decrease. (Please allow up to 3 weeks for your print to ship. Also feel free to reach out to me if you would like some information/recommendations on getting your print/s framed.)

ON DISPLAY:

St. Joseph's Day (#4045)
March 2018. New Orleans, LA.
11" x 14" Cyanotype Original Print (9" x 13.5" image area)
Edition of 5 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Spirit of Fi Yi Yi (#4488)
March 2018. New Orleans, LA.
8" x 10" Cyanotype Original Print (6" x 9" image area)
Edition of 20 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Fi Yi Yi (#4574)
March 2018. New Orleans, LA.
8" x 10" Cyanotype Original Print (6" x 9" image area)
Edition of 20 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Frenchmen St. (#1100)
June 2016. New Orleans, LA.
11" x 14" Cyanotype Original Print (9" x 13.5" image area)
Edition of 5 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Tomb of the Unknown Slave 
June 2016. New Orleans, LA.
8" x 10" Cyanotype Original Print 
Edition of 20 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Untitled (#0228) 
February 2018. New Orleans, LA.
8" x 10" Cyanotype Original Print
Edition of 20 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Big Queen Gina Montana (#2202)
February 2018. New Orleans, LA.
11" x 14" Cyanotype Original Print (7.4" x 11.2" approx. image area)
Edition of 5 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Masking (#948640020022)
February 2018. New Orleans, LA.
11" x 14" Cyanotype Original Print (8" x 12" image area)
Edition of 5 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

St. Ann at Decatur Street (#4045)
August 2021. New Orleans, LA.
11" x 14" Cyanotype Original Print (9" x 13.5" image area)
Edition of 5 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Krewe of Zulu (#1472)
February 2018. New Orleans, LA.
11" x 14" Cyanotype Original Print (9" x 13.5" image area)
Edition of 5 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

Mardi Gras (#1791) 
February 2009. New Orleans, LA.
8" x 10" Cyanotype Original Print 
Edition of 10 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)

ADDITIONAL PRINTS IN THE COLLECTION (NOT DISPLAYED IN THE EXHIBITION):

Masking (#0328)
February 2018. New Orleans, LA.
8" x 10" Cyanotype Original Print
Edition of 20 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)  

Mardi Gras (#0931)
February 2018. New Orleans, LA.
8" x 10" Cyanotype Original Print
Edition of 20 (plus 2 Artist Proofs)  

Additional prints in the collection that are not on display in the exhibition will be added to the section above.

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About the prints: The prints are handmade and will have slight variations unique to each print as well as some imperfection inherent to this print making process. These differences are part of the beauty inherent to the alternate print making process.

Artist Statement:

Memories of New Orleans 

Cyanotype Prints (on archival unbuffered cotton paper) 

What is the first thing that comes to mind for you where you hear "New Orleans"? Grilling with the family on the parade route while waiting for Zulu to pass by on Mardi Gras morning? Live music in the streets and/or in the many clubs? A well laden plate of deliciously good food? Revelry on Bourbon Street? Perhaps the sound of tambourines on St. Joseph's night? 

 The name tends to evoke a number of different things for different people, even for those who have never been (as once was the case for me upon a time). For some folks what it evokes might be home or even the absence of home, and the people who made or make it so. 

 These photographs are glimpses into some of these parts of New Orleans, pulled from visits over a period of 12 years or thereabouts. I hope they evoke something familiar about this beautiful city and its people, and perhaps even something unfamiliar that makes us treasure it more and want to do what we can to preserve its unique culture and help the people who bear that culture, continue to do so. 

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 Deji Osinulu is a photographer based in Houston, Texas and highly recommends the fried chicken at Dooky Chase's Restaurant. You can find more of his work at dejiosinulu.com, and he is on Instagram at @dejiosinulu.