Gallery 308 April Exhibit: "The Color of Loss; An Intimate Portrait of New Orleans after Katrina"

Gallery 308 welcomes Dan Burkholder's Photo Exhibit "The Color of Loss; An Intimate Portrait of New Orleans after Katrina" in April.

Join us Thursday April 3 5-9 p.m. as Gallery 308 welcomes Dan Burkholder, internationally known photographer, for his new exhibit and book signing. The show will run thru April 26th.

Please join us at 5 at the Muncie Civic Theatre for a talk from Bill Gosnell, of the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency on disaster preparedness. We will also recognize volunteers who went to the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Dan will discuss his images at 6 p.m., then return to Gallery 308 until 9 to answer questions. His book will be available for purchase and signing at this time.

The American Red Cross and other agencies with disaster preparedness information will have tables set up in the Founder's Gallery at G308. Admission is free.

Dan will also be hanging out at Jack's Camera on Friday April 4 and teaching workshops in the Founder's Gallery on April 5 &6. Contact Sherry Powell or Tom Nahre at Jack's Camera 765-282-0204 or Gallery 308 at 765-289-8575 for more information.

Dan's new exhibition and book, The Color of Loss; An Intimate Portrait of New Orleans after Katrina, (University of Texas Press, 2008) documents the flooded interiors of the homes, schools, churches and workplaces of the city. These images of post-Katrina New Orleans capture a stunningly intimate portrait of the destruction suffered by
the city and its residents.

In 2006, just months after Katrina traumatized the City of New Orleans, Dan Burkholder ventured into the dark, mold-infested interiors to photograph the aftermath of the hurricane. Employing cutting edge photographic techniques, Burkholder captures the damage in stunningly detailed color prints that are full of detail from the brightest highlights to the deepest shadows. There is a seductive quality to the images, luring the viewer for a closer look, only to be confronted with the chaos of the scenes before them.

Dan was one of the first photographic artists to embrace digital technology in the early 1990's. Melding his unique vision with mastery of both wet and digital darkrooms, his platinum/palladium and pigmented ink prints are included in museum and private collection internationally.

Dan lives in Palenville, New York, with his wife, Jill Skupin Burkholder, and their six cats.