"SOUTHERN DAYS AND NIGHTS" - photo exhibition by Syndey Byrd

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- "SOUTHERN DAYS AND NIGHTS"photo exbition by Syndey Byrd July 15th - August 26thopening: Sunday July 15th - 14h A serie of photographs capturing the customs and indigenous music of the deep Southern U.S. Including some never before published, vintage images of B.B. King's homecoming/family reunion in Indianola, Mississippi in the early 80's.Artist Bio:Syndey Byrd (July 3, 1944) - is an artist, ethnographer and journalist who, over the past thirty years, has devoted much of her life to documenting the culture and celebrations of Southern Louisiana in color photographs. Her work is distinguished by its scope of subject, graceful intimacy and seductive color. Nowhere are these characteristics more powerfully represented than in Byrd's images of the New Orleans region's remarkable Carnival season.Byrd's interest in the elaborate customs and indigenous music of the deep Southern U.S. and neighboring Caribbean region has produced authoritative catalogues of Haitian art, architecture and ceremony; jazz funerals and other unique New Orleans traditions; the world renowned Jazz and Heritage Festival held annually in New Orleans and the boldest mannerisms of societies around the globe. Her tireless efforts, coupled with her winning images and personality, have given her lens access to both the very popular and private, the commonplace and flamboyant. As commercial clients and private collectors have long acknowledged, Syndey Byrd is a source when only a once-in-a-lifetime photo will do.Bron: UiTinVlaanderen.be