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Mardi Gras Images • 29 artworks
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These images are the result of visiting and shooting various rural Mardi Gras runs throughout south[...]
These images are the result of visiting and shooting various rural Mardi Gras runs throughout south Louisiana in 2002 and 2003. These Mardi Gras runs (Courirs de Mardi Gras) carry on colorful traditions in which costumed Mardi Gras revelers ride the countryside in search of food ingredients for communal gumbos. These Mardi Gras runs often involve horses, wagons, alcohol, music, dancing, wrestling, and other forms of mayhem. The majority of the Mardi Gras runs are for men only, but a few communities have dedicated runs for women and children. While they share several common elements, these Mardi Gras runs truly take on unique identities shaped by their participants and organizers. They are wonderful mixtures of primitive and contemporary behaviors.
Portfolio Images • 8 artworks
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My Photos/Their Words • 16 artworks
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This set of images combines my photographs with text taken from other sources such as college textbooks,[...]
This set of images combines my photographs with text taken from other sources such as college textbooks, song lyrics, etc. I want to show how easily words can be taken out of context in order to support a visual image or idea. I believe that in our modern world of sound bites, video clips, and quotes, we can be easily manipulated by the news media (both print and broadcast) as well as by advertisers.
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Brent Mitchell has been practicing photography for over a decade. Having grown up in southwestern Louisiana, Brent often turns to the small towns and their people as subjects.
Brent currently works as a collections assistant at the Dallas Museum of Art. His master's thesis research focuses on photographs taken in Louisiana by Farm Security Administration photographer Russell Lee. It is entitled "Capturing the Ordinary: Russell Lee in Southeastern Louisiana" and is accessible by visiting docs/available/etd-04062004-154900/.
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- Date of birth : 1972
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- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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Added Aug 28, 2003
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May 2003 - Art Associates Gallery, Lake Charles, LA - solo show entitled "Mardi Gras Images"
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Brent Mitchell has been practicing photography for over a decade. Having grown up in southwestern Louisiana, Brent often turns to the small towns and their people as subjects.
Brent currently works as a collections assistant at the Dallas Museum of Art. His master's thesis research focuses on photographs taken in Louisiana by Farm Security Administration photographer Russell Lee. It is entitled "Capturing the Ordinary: Russell Lee in Southeastern Louisiana" and is accessible by visiting docs/available/etd-04062004-154900/.
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Loved all of them. When are you doing a show in Jennings?
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