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Summary:

'Louisiana Medley' celebrates the 30-year collaboration of photographers Keith Calhoun (born 1955) and Chandra McCormick (born 1957). Partners in life and work, the two have worked together to document African American life in and around their native New Orleans. Calhoun and McCormick's photographs show the artists in tune with each other as well as the rich complexity of Louisiana identity, from the local street culture and parades of their city to life in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, locally known as 'Angola.' Their intimate understanding of labor practices and prison culture has informed their activism, around Angola and outside its walls. The photographers' activism--and their appreciation for their city's stubborn, fragile beauty--has only grown since Hurricane Katrina. 'Louisiana Medley' surveys Calhoun and McCormick's work over the course of three decades, revealing how the two photographers have used their cameras as tools for social engagement.

Author/Creator:

Calhoun, Keith , photographer

Contributors:

McCormick, Chandra , photographer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Louisiana medley [by Calhoun, K.]

Subjects:

Louisiana State Penitentiary — Pictorial works

African Americans — Louisiana — New Orleans — Pictorial works

African American prisoners — Louisiana — New Orleans — Pictorial works

Hurricane Katrina, 2005 — Pictorial works

New Orleans (La.) — Social life and customs — Pictorial works

New Orleans (La.) — Social conditions — Pictorial works

Street photography — Louisiana — New Orleans

Documentary photography — Louisiana — New Orleans

Louisiana State Penitentiary

Hurricane Katrina (2005)

2005

African Americans

Manners and customs

Social conditions

Street photography

Documentary photography

African American prisoners

Louisiana — Orleans Parish

United States

Louisiana — New Orleans

Genres:

Illustrated works

Exhibition catalogs

Pictorial works

General Notes:

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Slavery, the Prison Industrial Complex: Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, which was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee."
Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

135 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 29 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

F379.N59 N4354 2018

ISBNs:

9780998681771 (hardcover, alkaline paper)
0998681776 (hardcover, alkaline paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017056604

OCLC Numbers:

1029782589