Rita and Ike Hurricane Photographs Chosen for International Exhibit

Later this fall and winter, the 12 12 Gallery in Richmond, Virginia will display two photographs that depict the horrors of hurricanes Rita (2005) and Ike (2008) in the 2011 International Juried Photographic Exhibition.  Juror Amalia Pizzardi selected Grave Exhumed by Hurricane Rita, 2008, a photograph made near Grand Chenier, Louisiana, and Port Bolivar Community Cemetery, 2008, a photo from my award-winning series Hurricane Ike: Images from the Debris Field. 

12 12 Gallery has also posted an online gallery of the exhibit.

Also this month, Port Bolivar Community Cemetery, 2008 will be on display in Portland, Oregon at the Newspace Center for Photography in their 3rd Annual Members’ Showcase exhibit (October 7-30). 

The 2011 International Photography Exhibition can be viewed from October 28 through January 15 at the 12 12 Gallery (804-233-9957), located at Zero E. 4th Street #39, in Richmond, Virginia.  The gallery is open Friday-Sunday, 12pm-4pm, and by appointment.  Opening artists’ reception and award presentations will be Sunday, October 30, from 2pm-5pm.

 

Grave Exhumed by Hurricane Rita, 2008 

16.7 X 25.9 inches (42.5 X 65.8 cm) 

Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.

 

Port Bolivar Community Cemetery, 2008 

19.3 X 22 inches (49 X 54.6 cm) 

Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.