Le Salon Annex

  "Kristin Fouquet with Collage and Journal" My collage, "Wish You Were Here in Paris," from my Surrealist Postcard series is published in The Storms Journal, Issue V. I'm so happy to have received my contributor copy. Many thanks to editor, Damien B. Donnelly, and subeditor, Rhona Greene! You can purchase a copy here: Storm Shelter

  Curatorial Premise: Inspired by Brassaï’s Paris de Nuit photo collection from 1933, this call invited photographers to explore and unveil New Orleans after dark. Like Brassaï’s Paris, the images here transform the ordinary into the ethereal through the transaction of light and dark. Wander where tourists fear to tread.  Featured Artists:  Jamal Barnes Updesh Bedi Caleb Breaux Taylor Castillo Seth Cook Tenzin Dolker   Kristin Fouquet Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee Eli Johnson   Leone Julitte Zachary Kanzler Virat Kapur Kevin Lajoie Ryan Lips Denise Lyons Donald Maginnis Eli Mergel CB Merritt   Darrell Miller David Rae Morris Leo Morningstar Joliet Morrill Daniel Newton Dung Nguyen Julien Orr  Kenneth Pape Stacey Pearson   Jared Ragland Chad Schneider Alexandra Silverthorne Carlos Talbott Trenity Thomas Karl Turner Joseph Walton Remy Williams

  On June 24, 1943, Dimitri Fouquet’s life began as Wayne Fouquet on a wooden kitchen table in Algiers Point on the West Bank of the murky Mississippi River. Across the river, Algiers shares the same thick humid air in which New Orleans Voodoo folklore was born through whispered stories about Baron Samedi, the original Dr. John, and Marie Laveau; two spirits Fouquet would capture in oil. “The Algiers Ferry” by Dimitri Fouquet “The Algiers Courthouse” by Dimitri Fouquet "Holy Name of Mary Church and Rectory" by Dimitri Fouquet He grew up in “The Point” with his cousin Ronnie Barosse, who would later be  known as Ronnie Baron, the well-known New Orleans pianist and singer.  According to Dimitri, the boys would strip down on the levee to swim in the  Mississippi River so their mothers wouldn’t catch them with wet clothes. As  wild teens, they would sneak into the church, Holy Name of Mary, and light  their cigarettes and joints off of the candles for the poor....

  “One Man Protest on Tchoup” March 26, 2025. 📷 Kristin Fouquet

  I’m delighted to have my photograph, “Lensless Eden 02,” included in this upcoming exhibition. Many thanks to the curators! 

  "Fly Your Carnival Flag" "Ice Water" "Snow Doggie" "Sculptors of Snow" "Cold Jazz" "Ms. Mae's is Open" "Frozen Fruit" "Cold Hard Trash" "Ollie on Ice" "Coming and Going" "Snowy, Showy Display" "Sno Sno Baby" all photos copyright 2025 Kristin Fouquet