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Photographs
August 28 to September 20, 2009
Helena Davis Gallery
Metal Outbuilding, Buckingham County, Virginia
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
Louis Joyner: Rust
The Rust series focuses on how time, weather, and the process of oxidation degrades and ultimately destroys iron and steel.
The subjects for the "Rust" series include railroad cars, metal buildings, doors, trailers, containers, in fact anything made of iron or steel that has been exposed to the ravages of the elements. The images are deliberately formal, emphasizing both the original shape of the objects and the quiet dignity they still maintain even in the process of decay. The rust itself, often combined with peeling paint, adds a textural patina.
The black and white photographic images are made using traditional film cameras and printed on fiber-based gelatin silver paper, then selenium toned to give a subtle warm tone.
One of the images from the Rust series, "Metal Outbuilding, Buckingham County, Virginia", was chosen for a merit award in Black & White magazines' Single Images Special Issue. More recently, four other images from the Rust series were selected by editor Henry Rasmussen for one of 14 excellence awards in Black & White magazine's 2009 Portfolio Special Issue. Over 14,000 images were submitted by approximately 800 photographers from around the world.
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.
Louis became interested in photography while studying architecture at the University of Arkansas. After graduation, he worked as a staff photographer for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and in college public relations before joining the staff of Southern Living in 1973.
Since leaving Southern Living in 2000, Louis has concentrated on large format architectural photography. He is currently working on a black and white series of details of historical buildings using traditional film cameras.
His photography has been exhibited in galleries in Memphis, Little Rock, Winston-Salem, Birmingham, Charleston, Lexington, and Richmond. Louis has received a bronze medal in the Nikon International competition as well a purchase prize from the Arkansas Arts Center and a first place at the Piccolo Spoletto Festival.
Recent 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.
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Opening Reception
Fourth Friday
August 28, 7-10 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Storage Shed #1-2, McCleansville, North Carolina
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
Storage Shed #2-15, McCleansville, North Carolina
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
Fruehauf Trailer #2-16, Manchester District, Richmond, Virginia
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
Alley Wall #1-6, Onancock, Virgini
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
Alley Wall #1-1, Onancock, Virginia
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
Trailer #1-3, Chincoteague, Virginia
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
Lykes Container #3, Manchester District, Richmond, Virginia
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
Door #18, Rabbit's Welding, Wayne County, Indiana
selenium toned gelatin silver prints
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