A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY
322 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA  70117
Telephone 504-568-1313
Fax 504-568-1322
www.agallery.com

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August 19, 1998

A Gallery for Fine Photography
presents an exhibition of original photographs  by
MICHAEL KENNA
October 4, 1998-November 30, 1998
RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1998
6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
In conjunction with Art for Art's Sake and 
The Contemporary Arts Center

Slide Lecture
New Orleans Museum of Art
Thursday October 1, 1998 7:00 PM
      
      
Michael Kenna photographs the man-made landscapes of formal gardens industrial plants, beach boulevards and suburban streets. His photographs transform these seemingly mundane places into a visual poetry that delight and terrify, like a fairy tale might. Magical, mysterious, and mannered, his photographs of the landscape evoke moods and represent feelings.  Kenna's photographs harken back to such visionaries as Eugene Atget, Alvin Langdon Coburn and Bill Brandt.  But, his photographs speak directly to the 20th century conflict between the love of the natural landscape and the need for man to constantly place his mark upon it. This exhibition will feature photographs from the past twenty years of Michael Kenna's career. 

"His prints are exquisitely seductive, spiritual experiences, akin to poetry or music.  They strike somber chords yet they contain a mystical light that is both wistful and luminous, a light that emanates from some mysterious source.  
They attract me in, even hypnotize me." -Ruth Bernhard

Michael Kenna was born in 1953 in Lancashire, England.  Educated in London, he moved to the United States in 1980. He has exhibited his photographs internationally and they are collected extensively by museums and private collectors.

Books Available: 
Michael Kenna: A Twenty Year Retrospective
Monique's Kindergarten
The Rouge
The Elkhorn Slough
Michael Kenna  will also be available for interviews. 
Please call for an appointment. 
For more information, please call 568-1313.