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Exhibitions

2024 Green, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2024 On the Road Again, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2024 Square V, Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2024 Taking Pictures: 2024, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2023 Likeness, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2023 The Poetry of the Ordinary, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT

2023 The Found Object, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2023 One 2023, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, NY

2023 Portraits Beyond Faces: Juried International Photography Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2023 Blue - International Exhibition, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2022 Secret Garden, Solo Exhibition, Marion Cage, New Orleans, LA

2022 Americana - National Exhibition, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2021 Gesture - International Portrait Exhibition, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2021 Bloom - International Exhibition, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2021 Botanical, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

2021 Focus: Portraiture, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2020 Love & Loss & Resilience, South x Southeast Gallery, Molena, GA

2020 Strange Time, Atlanta Photography Group, APG Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2020 Suburban Architecture, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2020 Cooperstown Art Association: 85th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY

2020 Isolation, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2020 The Southern Landscape, South x Southeast Gallery, Molena, GA

2019 Vision: Color Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2019 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles , CA

2019 WHAT: Cars and Dogs, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2019 Flora - International Exhibition, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

2019 Choice 2019, Atlanta Photography Group, APG Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2018 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Chania International Photo Festival, Blank Wall Gallery, Grand Arsenali, Crete, Greece

2018 St. Tammany Art Association: 53rd National Juried Exhibition, Miriam Baranger Gallery, Covington, LA

2018 Monochrome: Juried International Photography Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2018 Urban Landscapes, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Still Life, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

2017 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

2017 I'll Be Your Mirror: The Portrait, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017 STORM, PhotoNOLA 2017, Solo Exhibition, Guy Lyman Fine Art, New Orleans, LA

2017 Atlanta Celebrates Photography: Photo Buckhead, Atlanta Photography Group, Buckhead Library, Atlanta, GA

2017 Someone/Someplace: Figures, Portraits & Landscapes, Western Bureau Arts, San Jose, CA

2017 Street Photography: Juried International Photography Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2017 Cooperstown Art Association: 82nd Annual National Juried Art Exhibition , Cooperstown, NY

2017 The Red Clay Survey: 2017 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

2017 St. Tammany Art Association: 52nd National Juried Exhibition, STAA Art House, Covington, LA

2017 RECOLLECTIONS: A Community Photography Project, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA

2017 It's a Sign: The Medium is the Message, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017 Camera USA™ 2017: National Photography Exhibition and Award, The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL

2017 Line - 2017 National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

2017 Masur Museum of Art: 54th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA

2016 New Beginnings, InSight Photography Show & Auction, Rail Yard Studios, Nashville, TN

2016 Highway 90: Beyond the Rigolets, Solo Exhibition, Guy Lyman Fine Art, New Orleans, LA

2016 Abstracted, Mpls Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN

2016 Portraiture: Photography Now, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2016 THINGS: a still life show, 5 Press Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2016 ARTifact, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT

2016 Fishing for Iconography 2, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

2016 Camera USA™ 2016: National Photography Exhibition and Award, The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL

2015 Dorothy Jean, Solo Exhibition, Guy Lyman Fine Art, New Orleans, LA

2012 A New Landscape: The 10th Annual Grand Isle Juried Exhibition, Grand Isle Community Center, Grand Isle, LA

2011 The Windsor Court Art Showcase Series, Solo Exhibition, Windsor Court Hotel, New Orleans, LA

2011 Emblème, Solo Exhibition, Eustis Studios, Cape Girardeau, MO

2009 PhotoNOLA, New Orleans Photo Alliance, Søren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2009 Salon d’Automne, Arthur Silverman Studio, New Orleans, LA

2006 New Works, Søren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2006 Souvenir, Grand Contemporary, Lafayette, LA

2005 Souvenir, Søren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004 Leaf Shadows, Søren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004 Annual Student Exhibition, The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA

2003 Jack Swanson Photographic Exhibit, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA

2003 Annual Student Exhibition, The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA

2003 Underexposed, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Additional Exhibition

Lenscratch: "I LOVE LA Exhibition"

South x Southeast Gallery: "Paths, Trails, Rivers and Streams"

Teravarna Art Gallery: "2024 8th Flower Competition"

South x Southeast Gallery: "Flowers"

South x Southeast Gallery: "Portraits"

Lenscratch: "The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2023"

A Smith Gallery: "Color"

Black Box Gallery: "Color: Photography Now"

Lenscratch: "2021 Favorite Photograph Exhibition"

Lenscratch: "The 2020 Favorite Photo Exhibition"

Covid Pictures: "COVID-19 Pictures"

Grey Cube Gallery: "Skies"

Lenscratch: "The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2019"

Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery: "Black & White Etc"

Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery: "Text & Images"

Black Box Gallery: "Black and White: Photography"

Lenscratch: "The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2018"

Black Box Gallery: "Portrait: Photography"

CAGO: 2018 "Figurative/Portrait" Exhibition

International Gallery of the Arts: "3rd Annual Nature's Beauty"

CAGO: 2018 "All Botanical" Exhibition

Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery: "Flora & Fauna"

Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery: "Black & White"

Lenscratch: "The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2017"

International Gallery of the Arts: "Still Life"

Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery: "Still Life"

Santa Fe Photographic Workshops: "PORTRAITS"

Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery: "The Portrait & Self-Portrait"

PhotoPlace Gallery: "Honoring Trees"

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery: "Yellow 2017"

Black Box Gallery: "Shadows: Darkness and Light"

Lenscratch: "The 2017 Earth Day Exhibition"

CAGO: 2017 "Figurative/Portrait" Exhibition

Lenscratch: "The 2016 Signs of Life Exhibition"

Black Box Gallery: "Portraiture: Photography Now"

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery: "Botanicals" 2016 Show

Fusion Art: "Red, White & Blue"

Darkroom Gallery: "ARTifact"

A Smith Gallery: "fishing for iconography 2"

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery: "Water" 2016 Show

Light Space & Time Gallery: 6th Annual "Botanicals" Art Competition

Art-Competition.net: "Faces of Humanity 2"

Black Box Gallery: "Taking Pictures: 2016"

International Gallery of the Arts: "Monochromatic"

Art-Competition.net: "Land & Seascapes"

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery: "Skies" 2016 Show

Press

The New Orleans Insider's Guide by Lindsay Talbot (RL Mag)

Where Now by WhereTraveler New Orleans, November 2023

The 8 Best Still Life Photographers in New Orleans (Peerspace)

Eye for Design by Misty Milioto (New Orleans Magazine)

Alabama Red Clay Survey at Huntsville Museum of Art by JJ Vincent (RocketCityNow.com)

Summer color juried show include artists from Tammany and around the country by Ted Lewis (The New Orleans Advocate)

A Photography Exhibit in Naples, Florida by Barbara Ross (Lea Wait's Blog)

Arts & Entertainment News by Nancy Stetson (Naples Florida Weekly)

"Where to eat in New Orleans" by Mike Welch (British Airways)

Steven Forster's Party Central: Art for Art's Sake (The New Orleans Advocate)

"What's Hot - Art" by Amy Gabriel (St Charles Avenue)

What Remains: Les Schmidt at Guy Lyman Fine Art (Pelican Bomb)

Steven Forster’s Party Central: Les Schmidt at Guy Lyman Fine Art (The New Orleans Advocate)

IQ Magazine, January 2012

Southeast Missourian

ARTVOICES, 2009 | issue 21

Catalogs

Nocturnes: Dusk till Dawn by Praxis Gallery

The Still Life by Praxis Gallery

The Found Object by Praxis Gallery

The Shape of Things by Praxis Gallery

On the Road Again by Praxis Gallery

Taking Pictures: 2024 by Black Box Gallery

Color: Photography Now by Black Box Gallery

The Poetry of the Ordinary by PhotoPlace Gallery

The Found Object by Praxis Gallery

ONE by New York Center for Photographic Art

Botanical by A Smith Gallery

Focus: Portraiture by Black Box Gallery

Vision: Color Photography by Black Box Gallery

WHAT: Cars and Dogs by Black Box Gallery

Manifest International Photography Annual INPHA 6 by Manifest Press

Black and White: Photography by Black Box Gallery

Portrait: Photography by Black Box Gallery

Still Life by A Smith Gallery

Red Clay Survey 2017 Catalogue by Huntsville Museum of Art

Honoring Trees by PhotoPlace Gallery

Shadows: Darkness and Light by Black Box Gallery

Portraiture: Photography Now by Black Box Gallery

Abstracted by Mpls Photo Center

ARTifact by Darkroom Gallery

Taking Pictures: 2016 by Black Box Gallery

How to Rebuild a City: Field Guide from a Work in Progress by Press Street Books