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Debbie Fleming Caffery (American/Louisiana)

Sold for $375 at Neal Auction Company on May 30, 2024.

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Debbie Fleming Caffery (American/Louisiana, b. 1948), "Untitled: Child Covered in Lipstick", gelatin silver print, pencil-signed en verso, 23 3/4 in. x 20 in., matted, overall 28 in. x 26 in. Provenance: Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Note: The subject of a recent exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Debbie Fleming Caffery is considered one of the foremost photographers from the American South and undoubtedly is one of its most decorated and widely exhibited. Caffery grew up along the Bayou Teche in southwest Louisiana where she continues to reside today. Inspired by Dorothea Lange and many of the artists working with the Federal Arts Project of the WPA during the Depression, Caffery is interested in telling stories through her photographs in an approach that is as artful as it is documentary. Alongside her deep connection to the South, she has completed compelling bodies of work from Mexico, France and across the United States. Caffery explores the emotional relationships between people and places, just as her prints are the result of the deep relationships she builds with the people and places she captures with her camera. “Her photographs are not objective documents, but poetic stories that capture the mystery and spirit of the people and places she encounters.” Ref.: “Debbie Fleming Caffery.” Octavia Art Gallery. www.octaviaartgallery.com. Accessed May 1, 2024; “Debbie Fleming Caffery: In Light of Everything.” New Orleans Museum of Art. www.noma.org. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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