PHOTO portfolios
Headshot/Portraits
A quick selection of professional headshots and environmental portraits taken from client and editorial projects.
New York Times Travel
GNO Inc. branding project
New York Times Food/Dining Section
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Group/Events
Event shots from Krewe du Kanaval (Preservation Hall Foundation annual event). Red Beans Road Show at Cafe Reconcile (Dallas TX), and Tales of the Cocktail on Tour (San Juan, Puerto Rico).
Street Photography
Personal photographic work documenting New Orleans’ distinctive Social Aid and Pleasure Club (Second Line) and the Black Masking Indian traditions.
Group exhibition:
Dancing in the Streets: New Orleans Second Line, The Historic New Orleans Collection
Solo exhibitions (partial list):
New Orleans Second Line Parades: Photographs by Pableaux Johnson. Fowler Museum of Global Arts and Culture, UCLA
Of the Nation: New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi,
Spirit Leads My Needle/It’s Your Glory (photo/film project) The Ohio State University
New Orleans Second Line Parades: Photographs by Pableaux Johnson. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for the Study of the American South
Tiny History
(Archive/Book Project)
Ongoing archive/digitization project on the work of miniature artist Lee Harper of Oxford, Mississippi. Documentation of single-edition commission work for portfolio website became a self-published gift book for 2020 Christmas season. Macro/studio photography, design/layout work, production and logistics.
Photo Books
Custom-published portfolios in book form highlight and present ongoing bodies of New Orleans-centric photographic work. Click thumbnail image for sample spreads.
Roles: Photograpy, design, retouching, and production.
Documentary Film Work
30-Minute documentary films
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Roles: Co-producer, Story editor, Photographic Consultant, Graphic/Title Design, Promotional design.
Worked with filmmakers Michael Yearling, Lolis Eric Elie and Virginia Cope on documentary project exploring one of New Orleans most visible street-level artistic subcultures — the city's Mardi Gras/Black Masking Indians. The two films came from a student documentary initiative at The Ohio State University, Newark and were aired on PBS stations in New Orleans and Columbus markets. Nominated for regional Emmy Award.
Adhesive Street Art
(You know...stickers. ) An ongoing series of tiny homages to the notable New Orleans street culture figures. Custom-printed vinyl stickers are a fascinating iteration of graffiti/public art.
Based on my photographs of Uncle Lionel Battiste, Big Chief Clarence “Delco” DelCour (Creole Osceolas) and Spyboy MannMann (Little Mike Tenner, 9th Ward Comanche Hunters).