Photography and Depression

New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins C. Diboll Circle
City Park
New Orleans, Louisiana 70124
Photography and Depression
Through March 1, 2009

"... an examination of depression in all its forms, including mental and financial, through 82 works from the Museum's permanent collection.

Featured artists include a virtual who's who of photography, including Ansel Adams, William Eggleston, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, Dorothea Lange, Danny Lyon, Eadweard Muybridge, George Tice, Alfred Stieglitz, Weegee and many more.

The works are accompanied by text excerpted from Culture and Depression, a 1985 book by Dr. Arthur M. Kleinman, the distinguished professor, psychiatrist, medical and social anthropologist who is also the director of the Asia Center at Harvard University.

... organized by [NOMA] Curator of Photography, Diego Cortez...."

[photo from museum Web site.]