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Lake Pontchartrain (11/07)
Matthew White was selected to exhibit at the New Orleans Photo Alliance exhibition Elemental/Environmental: SPACE at the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, 1111 St. Mary St. The exhibition will be on view from August 2, 2008 through September 20, 2008. The opening reception will be Saturday, August 2 from 6 - 9 p.m. Gallery hours are Fridays, 3 - 6 and Saturdays, 11 - 4 or by appointment.
This impressive national juried exhibition was curated by nature and environmental photojournalist Gary Braash. Braasch helped establish the International League of Conservation Photographers, and in 2006 the Sierra Club awarded him the the Ansel Adams Award for conservation photograph.
The exhibition may be viewed online via this link.
Texas-82 Bridge and Oil/Gas Refinery ---Port Arthur, Texas
Matthew White was one of 36 artists selected out of 544 entrants to exhibit his work in The Print Center 82nd Annual International Competition.
Juror: Joel M. Smith, Curator of Photography, Princeton University Art Museum. Smith has written several books including Edward Steichen: The Early Years, Yale University Press, and has written a wide range of articles, reviews and exhibition publications including Steiglitz et New York (2004) and Roll Over: The Snapshot Museum Afterlife (2001). He received his PhD from Princeton University in 2001, and has held the Jackson Brothers Research Fellowship, Beinecke Library, Yale University, The Chester Dale Fellowship and the Jane & Morgan Whitney Fellowship, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Print Center Annual International Competition is one of the most prestigious exhibitions of its kind and is the oldest juried exhibition for printmaking and photography in the United States. Alternating yearly between printmaking and photography, it provides a unique opportunity for local, national and international artists to compete in a forum which emphasizes individual talent and expressiveness rather than a specific exhibition topic. Mr. Smith reviewed over 2,100 images submitted by over 500 artists. The result is an exceptional exhibition, representative of the wide variety of current photographic practices, with a particular nod to the digital viewer,said Executive Director Elizabeth Spungen. The exhibition will travel to Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, September 19 - October 27, 2008.
Founded in 1915 as one of the first venues in this country dedicated to the appreciation of prints, The Print Center's mission is to support printmaking and photography as vital contemporary arts and encourage the appreciation of the printed image in all its forms. The annual international competition, the oldest of its kind in the country, attracts artists from around the world.
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Assignment with The Nature Conservancy Magazine - Image featured in the Summer 2008 issue: Second Wind: Gulf Coast Preserves Begin Recovery from Hurricane Damage, online here.
Managed by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries The conservation area is a vast expanse of well preserved wetlands. To view the images go here.
New turf here was the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas, across the bay from Galveston. View images here.
This was Matthew's first post-Katrina return to Pilottown, La. The expedition yielded new photos of South Pass and a stop at the fascinating Port Eads lighthouse. Images are here.
Intracoastal Waterway, Freshwater City Locks, rice fields, cattle, and prairie shots - see the images here.
To see field notes from above photo expeditions go here.
Matthew White was selected to show some of his photography in the 6th Annual Grand Isle , La. Juried Exhibition. The exhibition theme, ÂÂWater Consciousness, ÂÂ spotlighted works relating the natural beauty and potential loss of the island and the surrounding wetlands. The goal of the Exhibition was to raise awareness of Louisiana'ÂÂs coastal erosion through an artist'ÂÂs eye and to encourage the creation and preservation of images of this culture and its disappearing habitat for future generations. Works selected were on exhibit at the Grand Isle Community Center, Hwy. 1, Grand Isle, Louisiana April 12 - 20. A reception and awards presentation was held on April 20 2008.
Matthew White was recently profiled in A Bigger Picture, an article by Steven Babcock for the debut publication of "Sweet Tooth" --- an art criticism publication by www.culturecandy.org that provides provocative and thoughtful commentary on the creative world. Download Sweet1.pdf
Matthew White was invited to give a lecture and presentation of his images as part of the U.S. State Department's foreign media tour of New Orleans in conjunction with the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Journalists from 28 countries attended the event. Information about the tour may be viewed here.
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Lake Borgne, LA (#2) 8/06
Matthew White was selected to show some of his photography in an exhibit in Grand Isle, La. "Vanishing Horizons" which ran from April 7-15 at the Grand Isle Community Center, on Hwy. 1. The photos featured in the exhibit were Lake Borgne, La. (#2)" and "Gulf of Mexico, Cameron Parish, La 5/06". Determined to convey the uniqueness and beauty of Louisiana, his collection of landscapes continues to speak for a state that has survived the worst from nature and continues to evolve after an unprecedented tragedy.
The Grand Isle Community Development Team, Inc. with support from the Grand Isle Port Commission and the Town of Grand Isle, sponsored the exhibit to showcase works with themes relating to the nature, natural beauty and potential loss of the only inhabited Louisiana barrier island and the surrounding wetlands. The goal of the exhibition was to raise awareness of Louisiana's coastal erosion through an artist's eye and to encourage the creation and preservation of images of this culture and its disappearing habitat for future generations.
