Louisville Photo Biennial 09/05

Name of Event:
Louisville Photo Biennial 09/05
Summary:
Hosted every other year during odd-numbered years, the Louisville Photo Biennial is the region’s photographic festival. Since our beginning in 1999, the Louisville Photo Biennial (LPB) has grown to embrace over 50 venues, working together to celebrate the medium and art of photography. The festival has events throughout Downtown and greater Louisville for the duration of the festival.

Start Date of Event:
Fri Sep the 5th , 09/05/2025

End Date of Event:
Fri Dec the 12th , 12/12/2025

Event Description:
Hosted every other year during odd-numbered years, the Louisville Photo Biennial is the region’s photographic festival. Since our beginning in 1999, the Louisville Photo Biennial (LPB) has grown to embrace over 50 venues, working together to celebrate the medium and art of photography. Each gallery, museum, college and cultural organization has its own vision and creates its own programming, assuring a richness and diversity to the exhibits you will see. Our abiding  goal is to present exhibits which span the range of photographic possibilities, from shows of historic documentation and art to the newest forms of vision and technology.

Of particular note this year is “Documenting Kentucky: Three Photographic Surveys”, on view at the Frazier History Museum.  This exhibit draws together three projects from different eras, documenting all the counties in Kentucky.  The project was created by Ted Wathen and Bob Hower who, together with Bill Burke, photographed in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties in 1976-78 as part of the Bicentennial Project.  Ted and Bob reprised this undertaking with a new group of over 20 photographers of very diverse backgrounds, to produce a new vision documenting Kentucky today.

We are proud of this festival’s depth and breadth and of the talent in our region, and beyond. From award-winning professionals to students, this year’s LPB festival represents photography, the world’s most practiced art, in a variety of exhibits highlighting our cultural landscape.

This year, we are thrilled to announce our Keynote Speaker, Sam Abell. Sam has fifty years’ experience in documentary photography, much of it for National Geographic, after graduating from the University of Kentucky.  We appreciate his returning to Kentucky to share stories with us of his adventures over many decades and continents.

We are grateful to our partners at the Speed Art Museum for hosting Sam’s Keynote Address the evening of September 10th. This free ticketed event requires registr

Additional Dates or Details For This Event:
Events
August 2025
Friday, August 1

Kentucky Folk Art Center Reception, 5-7pm

Saturday, August 30

KMAC Reception, 5-9pm

September 2025

Thursday, September 4

Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center Reception, 5-7pm

Friday, September 5

21c Museum Hotel Art Tour, 5-6pm

Jane Chancellor Moore Opening Reception, 5-7pm

Grand Gallery Opening Reception, 5-7pm

Paul Paletti Gallery Reception, 5-9pm

Revelry Gallery Reception, 6-9 pm

Saturday, September 6

Galerie Hertz Reception, 1-3pm Artist Talk, 2pm

Jefferson Township Library Reception, 2-4pm

2801 Gallery Reception, 5pm

Maybeit’sfate Artist Talk 4pm, Opening Reception 5:30-7:30

Harrison County Arts Reception, 5:30-7:30pm

Sunday, September 7

PYRO Gallery C.J. Pressma Exhibit Opening Reception, 2-5pm Quonset Hut Reception, 2-5pm

Wednesday, September 10

KEYNOTE EVENT > Sam Abell at the Speed Art Museum Reception 5:30-6:30pm, Address 6:30pm

Learn More and Reserve Your Seats For This Free Event

Friday, September 12

21c Museum Hotel Art Tour, 5-6pm

Surface Noise Opening Reception, 6-9pm

Speed Cinema Art Museum Film Screening > “A Photographic Memory” by Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Q/A with Director Rachel Elizabeth Seed, 6pm

Saturday, September 13

Clarksville Library Reception, 11am-1pm

PYRO Gallery Artist Talk with C.J. Pressma, 1pm

Jefferson Community Technical College Reception, 3-6pm

Speed Cinema Art Museum Film Screening > “A Photographic Memory” by Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Q/A with Director Rachel Elizabeth Seed, 3pm

Wednesday, September 17

University of Louisville Photo Archives Reception, 5-7pm

Friday, September 19

21c Museum Hotel Art Tour, 5-6pm

Filson Historical Society Opening Reception, 5-7pm

Louisville Visual Art Opening Reception, 6-8pm

Gray Design Building at University of Kentucky Opening Reception, 6-9pm

Saturday, September 20

Frankfort Gallery Hop, 1-5pm > Departing Louisville at Noon (Visited galleries include: Josephine Sculpture Park

Event Location:
Paul Paletti Gallery (Event HQ, 50+ galleries throughout Louisville)
713 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40202

Event Type:
Festival

Link:
https://louisvillephotobiennial.com/

Venue Link: Paul Paletti Gallery