Guest photographers 2024
Khalil Nemmaoui [ Guest of Honor 2024 ]
Khalil Nemmaoui (b. 1967) is a Moroccan photographer whose work explores themes of nature, territory, and daily life. After starting in press photography in the 1990s, he developed a personal, reflective style, focusing on the relationship between humans and their environment…
Tribute to Spider Martin
Exhibition at Selma Times building from Friday 1st to saturday 2nd 2024
Alabama photojournalist, James “Spider” Martin, (b. 1939 – 2003) was employed as a staff photographer at The Birmingham News during one of the most eventful periods in American history. On February 18, 1965, the News dispatched Spider to Marion, Alabama to cover the shooting of a young African-American named Jimmie Lee Jackson, by an Alabama State Trooper while attempting to only protect his mother and grandfather after a peaceful protest turned into a skirmish. Jackson died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma, Alabama on February 26, 1965. His killing planted the seed for the first Selma to Montgomery protest march which ended as soon as it began in violence and became know as the infamous “Bloody Sunday.”
Béatrice Augier is French and lives in Deauville, a charming small town in Normandy with a stunning, wide beach of white sand. She had a long and prestigious career in communications, working for Yves Saint Laurent, Cartier, Dior, Publicis, and many others. One day, she decided to leave Paris and start a new life in Deauville, while still maintaining her habit of regularly traveling around the world…
Bennett’s artistic contributions have earned him numerous accolades, including the “Essence of New Orleans” award from the Urban League of Greater New Orleans and the “Guardian of the Flame” award from the Mardi Gras Indian Council, recognizing his documentary series on Mardi Gras Indian chiefs. His acclaimed series Black Code was highlighted in the 2016 Louisiana Photography Biennial, with one of its images featured on the event’s official poster…
Andrea Birnbaum is a photographer and educator whose personal work explores memory, identity and belonging. Her photographs and documentary projects have been exhibited throughout the country and internationally. She teaches photography and mentors students both online and in-person, and leads retreats and workshops internationally. She currently lives in the New York City area…
Emily Bumgardner is a graphic design and photography student from Troy, AL, who has recently developed an interest in exploring abandoned locations and her newfound faith. Her approach stems from a sociological perspective, allowing her to uncover the buildings’ past purposes and lives. Bumgardner aims to capture derelict structures to reflect the potential mindsets of the homeless, as well as those who are existentially and spiritually homeless….
CattCuss is a French photographer based near Paris, he is interested in a documentary approach to social subjects related to absence, rupture, connection. He studied Engineering and Architecture during which he discovered the artistic world and photography.
In 2023, he trained in documentary photography at the Spéos school, under the mentorship of the director of photography of POLKA magazine.
In 2023, he trained in documentary photography at the Spéos school, under the mentorship of the director of photography of POLKA magazine.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the sudden death of photographer Maria Catuogno. This summer, during Les Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert, she had exhibited at the Golf du Lubéron her beautiful series on the indigenous communities of the Kolla “Qoya” ethnic group in northern Argentina, whose lands have been expropriated by tourism and lithium extraction. A very fine, sensitive person, whom we miss, with a very fine photographic work, which we had the opportunity to present several times in Pierrevert as well as in Selma and Essaouira…
Liesa Cole is a photographer, cinematographer, and creative director based in Birmingham, AL. . Liesa received a degree in Fine Art Photography at Louisiana State University, and enhanced her studies of Fine Art Photography at the University of Alabama. Her work has been awarded numerous accolades including: the “International Photographer of the Year” award from London’s Photography Master’s Cup; Grand Prize at the International Photography Master’s Conference (Italy)…
Sarah Desteuque draws on her many experiences, travels and encounters to bear witness to the status of human beings in their social and environmental context. Particularly sensitive to all forms of injustice, she began by documenting the history of the homeless and the situation of the Roma in Marseille…
“Independent designer and visual artist, born in Tunis, Chehine Dhahak is passionate about cinema and art history. He joined the School of Design Science and Technology, graduating in 2011 with a degree in audiovisual advertising, followed by a research master’s degree in cinematic praxis from the Higher School of Audiovisual and Cinema in Gammarth….
This image from my photographic series “Being a Phoenix Woman” tells the story of a Phoenix woman risen from the ashes… My mission, behind the lens of my camera, is to offer the model a space for self-expression, to enable her to “cross the threshold” towards regained confidence. Recovering self-esteem, accepting one’s body with kindness, taming one’s image and magnifying one’s wounds… this is what photo-therapy can offer through personalized work, daring to take a step towards oneself. Photo-therapy nurtures self-esteem, whatever your path…
Bernard GILHODES creator of Agence Clin D’Oeil, a center of expertise in photography and cinema, the Festival de Court Métrage d’Avignon, Fenêtre Sur Courts,Photographer of Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert, Nuits Photographiquesd’Essaouira, and The Photographic Nights of Selma ( Alabama – USA )Managing Director of WebTélé ProjecteurTV from September 2016 to December 2019.Bernard GILHODES is also Reporter and Director of Agence Clin D’Oeil…
Todd received his BFA in photography from Brooks Institute. Having majored in Advertising Illustration, he began his career producing product and people photographs for Agencies, Magazines and Businesses. Ten years ago, Todd seized an opportunity to provide editorial imagery to Architects, Realtors, Interior Designers, Landscape Architects, and founded LA Light Photography….
Her work was published in Aperture Magazine and is included in public and private collections in Japan, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, and Birmingham, Alabama. Her work is currently on display at the Museum of African History in Havana Cuba. Her current documentary projects in Cuba include Afro Cuban worship and Transgender Cuba…
At the age of 19, from his hometown Périgueux, Lionel joins a photography school in Toulouse in the South West of France. For 3 years he studies his passion, enables his creativity and perfections his skills. In 1994, he starts his career in Paris, as an intern, at the Vandystadt agency, a benchmark in sports photography. Through the talented photographers that work there, he continues to form his eyes and develops his own gift….
Greg Hatton is an African-American Cinematographer // Documentary Photographer, born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His love for image making came at a very early age. His family had cameras around, perhaps as much as any other family of the time; but what really sparked his interest in the art was when he discovered the family photo albums…
Ciao I’m Michele (Mike), freelance photographer, born in Italy before relocating to New York City, my passion for photography has taken me around the world, from New York to Tokyo, working on entertainment, AD, hospitality, beauty, and event projects for diverse and prestigious brands. Whether I am collaborating with a team or working independently, I am always immersed in the project and attentive to detail, striving to deliver high-quality and innovative results that exceed expectations.
Frank Jackson was born in 1956 in Jacksonville, Florida. The city got its name from the unusually high number of Jacksons living in the area. Complicating matters was the fact that his father had intended to name him Jack, Junior. Had this happened, Mr. Jackson would have been Jack’s son Jack Jackson, Jr. from Jacksonville . His mother, however, saw little point in naming him Jack, Junior, since his father’s name is Frank…
Kira Kelly is a Los Angeles-based cinematographer known for her work on films and television series. She has received multiple nominations and is recognized in the industry. Kira took still photographs before she ever held a motion picture camera, but for some reason, photography felt like a hobby—something to do in her free time. Perhaps because of that, stills became a place without pressure to create—there was a freedom to it. Recently, the desire to share those images has opened up a whole new world of expression for her, and photography has become more vital….
A self-taught photographer, freelance writer and architect by training, my work is rooted in a social and documentary approach, moving towards a free and subjective artistic form. My photographic practice is inextricably linked to the personal relationships I develop with those I meet through the camera. My interest in others has led me to develop portraiture as a preferred mode of representation…
I was born in France, lived in Spain for a few years and worked in New York from 2015 to 2020. Since September 2020, I share my time between Guinea and France. A self-taught photographer, I am inspired by humanist and social photography in black and white, and more particularly by great masters such as Raymond Depardon, Sebastiao Salgado, Mary Hellen Mark, Dorothy Lange and Eugène Smith….
Zachary Lucas is a self-taught fine art photographer born and raised in Los Angeles. His work illuminates the uncomfortable and often intentionally ignored taboos of modern society. Lucas had an artistic upbringing, exploring every medium imaginable before settling on photography. His traditional education pulled him from his artistic endeavors as he reluctantly engaged in corporate America for close to a decade before making his way back to art…..
Grayson McDaniel is a Montgomery-Based photographer who specializes is candid and documentary style photos. Grayson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography at Auburn University at Montgomery. During this time, they started a freelance photography & videography business, Celestial Lens LLC, with their partner Aiyana Hawkins….
Petar Mitrovic is a photographer with a passion for portraits and human diversity.
He comes from a country that no longer exists, Yugoslavia. The loss of this identity led her to take an interest in the identities of others. Human diversity fascinates him, and it’s through his portraits that he likes to capture it. His work has attracted the interest of print and broadcast media….
He comes from a country that no longer exists, Yugoslavia. The loss of this identity led her to take an interest in the identities of others. Human diversity fascinates him, and it’s through his portraits that he likes to capture it. His work has attracted the interest of print and broadcast media….
Roxane Perrot is a filmmaker, passionate about visual storytelling with a particular focus on environmental and human narratives. Roxane also captures the beauty of landscapes and individuals through her photography, aiming to convey the authenticity and depth of the stories she tells visually. Her practice in photography enhances her cinematic approach, allowing her to refine her sense of composition and visual aesthetics….
Born is Selma, AL, Jerry Siegel is a photographer living in Atlanta, GA, and working throughout the Southeast. Siegel focuses his work in traditions of portrait and documentary photography. His most recent body of work, Reveal, is an intimate look behind the scenes into the illusion created by Drag artists. His work in the Black Belt region of Alabama was recently published by the Georgia Museum of Art. This monograph, Black Belt Color, focuses on the unique, cultural landscape of the Black Belt region of Alabama….
Warren Simons practices the art of seeing. Photographs can come from a place where we let go of our expectations and preconceived ideas, and instead open to curious exploration, letting the visual surprises in the everyday world find us. Simons’s images express moments of clear, fresh connection with the visual world, where eye, mind, and heart converge….
Dominican born New York photographer and journalist. BA in mass communication/Fort Hays State University.. Writer and photographer for various Spanish and English publications…
Born in Colombia, the artist is deeply influenced by the conflicts of his native country and the identity of Medellín. There, he developed a social photography project with marginalized communities. Now living in Marseille, he draws his inspiration from the Mediterranean and figures such as Edward Hopper, Elliot Erwitt, Martin Parr and Peter Lindbergh…