Memphis + 40
photography
September 23 - October 23, 2011
Frable Gallery
Memphis + 40
Fresh out of architecture school but seeking a different career path, I began to hone my craft on the streets of my home town of Memphis, Tennessee. Hundreds of rolls of film were exposed, contact sheets were studied, a few images were printed, fewer still were ever exhibited. As my career in photography moved forward, this early body of work was set aside. Now, forty years later, it is time to be shared. My eye has changed, I have changed, certainly the South has changed. The question is how much?
As a photographer, writer, and senior editor at Southern Living magazine for 27 years, Louis Joyner covered architecture and interior design across the South. In addition, he photographed a wide variety of travel and feature articles. His photographs also appear in several Oxmoor House books, including Southern Places, At Home with Southern Living, and Decorating with Southern Living, which he edited.
Since leaving Southern Living in 2000, Louis has concentrated on large format architectural photography. Over the last 40 years his photography has been exhibited in galleries across the South. Louis has received a bronze medal in the Nikon international competition, a purchase prize from the Arkansas Arts Center and a first place at the Piccolo Spoletto Festival.
Solo exhibits include "Material Changes" at the Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery and "Bastions of Brick" at the City Gallery at the Dock Street Theatre, both in Charleston, South Carolina.
Since moving to Richmond in 2005, Louis has participated in several juried shows including Radius 250 and the National Juried Printmaking & Photography Exhibition. He was also one of seven artists in the Artspace: New Members Exhibit in 2008; nine images from his Rust series were exhibited at Artspace in September 2009. Most recently, one of his images was selected from over 400 submissions for inclusion in The 2010 Harnett Biennial of American Prints at the University of Richmond.
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Opening Reception Fourth Friday
September 23, 2011
7-10 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Closing Artist Talk
Sunday, October 23, 2011
4 pm
Free and Open to the Public
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