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Upcoming Events
Information about my current exhibit at The New Orleans Tattoo Studio and Museum as well as my signing at Jewels.
Adam Montegut of the New Orleans Tattoo Museum hanging prints from the Black Ink photo series.
"Michael, The Marigny" will be available for purchase at The New Orleans Tattoo Studio and Museum on October 14, 2016.
Hey all,
I just wanted to quickly make you aware of a couple of events coming up within the next couple of weeks.
Friday, October 14, 2016 (6-11PM)
The Reopening of the New Orleans Tattoo Studio and Museum (1915 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd)
When I first conceived my art-on-skin series, the only place I could think of in which I’d like it to be seen was the New Orleans Tattoo Studio and Museum. Over a year later and it will now be displayed in their gallery. Purchases of prints from this collection will go toward the completion of this project. My ideas are getting bigger and that requires a little funding. It’s a IRL Kickstarter!
Black Ink will be on display as well as a tattoo museum exhibit curated by Adam Montegut, Saigon Slim's food truck, music by The Wicked Son!
Saturday, October 22, 2016 (time TBD)
Jewels (905 Decatur Street)
I’ve been selling prints from this art shop for over a year but this will be the first time that I’ll be doing a public signing. Two new prints will be available for purchase and signing. Neither one have ever been released — online or otherwise. The size is a perfect 8.5x11.
This print, "Underworld" will be available at the signing on October 22, 2016 at Jewels.
New Orleans Based Art-on-Skin Photo Series Will be on Display
My photo project Black Ink will get some wall space at Downtown New Orleans museum.
I started Black Ink over a year ago with the intention of creating a project that showed art-on-skin in various, unusual locations throughout New Orleans. Starting on October 14th, three prints from this series will be on display at the New Orleans Tattoo Museum. This is where I wanted to show this work when it was initially begun and I’m happy that it’s where it will be first shown.
There will be smaller, non-limited edition prints sized at 8.5x11 available on site.
Info:
The New Orleans Tattoo Museum
1915 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
New Orleans,
BLACK INK in the French Quarter
A BLACK INK portrait session with Amber in the French Quarter. This post is probably NSFW.
I've been working on my latest photo project BLACK INK since September 2015. I knew that when I started it that it would be a long endeavor, which is great because I have this to look forward to for at least the entire year of 2016.
The story of BLACK INK began with my fascination with tattoos. Although I don't have many of my own, I'm interested in the stories people have about their work. It's been fascinating. More often than not, people have tattoos that represent their relationships with family or friends, such as an old frigate tattooed across the chest to represent a grandfather's occupation as a sailor or a nickname given by a spouse etched onto a lip.
Amber, who is featured in this post, is comfortable with her body. She's proud of her body art and its symbolism. There are references to her family, struggles, her light, spiritual beliefs and more. I am so very grateful that she allowed me into a private world and let me photograph her. I tried my best to totally capture Amber in a portrait. I felt very excited when she exclaimed, "Oh my god! You got me! That's me!" It's like music to my ears.
The final process of these images is printing them using platinum and palladium to continue the theme of permanence.
For information, email: info@carlosdetres.com
Read more about BLACK INK
My 10 Photos of 2015
10 photographs that I had a lot of fun making in 2015 with clients ranging from liquor brands to hair salons.
Two thousand and fifteen was the year I experienced the most creative growth of any year throughout my career as a photographer. Maybe it was the gris-gris bag I had especially made (to help with "creative insight") in February or just months of diligent work and study or maybe a little of all of the above. These images are a bit better than what I did in 2014 but not a complete representation of the work I did with so many talented stylists, models and makeup artists or projects that were shot from November-December.
Clients and projects featured: De La Mer, Brugal, Die and Let Die, Black Ink
