Grayson Gibbs - Photography

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Commissions and Portraiture

Documentary Portraiture

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Digital

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2017

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Analog

2024

Series

Roux (2024)

This body of work is part of an ongoing exploration of the life and breath of New Orleans aside from the booze, beignets, and beads that we all know and love. Oftentimes, significant parts of New Orleanian culture get drowned out by a select few scenes in an effort to cater to a touristic and idealized vision of our city that’s heavily pedaled by the economic powers-that-be. In this specific collection, I focus on some of the industries that allowed (and continue to allow) the city to flourish, particularly the maritime industry, while infusing localities vital to my own experience growing up in the Crescent City. From the Lake Vista park I learned to ride my bike in, the landmark Westwego Shrimp Lot, to remnants of the World’s Fair, I aim to shine light on the less discussed groundwork that shaped the city while simultaneously creating an homage to how the city shaped me. My goal is to foster an inclusive dialogue amongst locals and visitors alike surrounding all that forms the backbone of New Orleans, encouraging a deeper appreciation for the city's layered identity beyond the well known attractions.

In part, I succeeded in this exploration due to the tedious and precise nature of the Cambo 4x5 camera I worked with to create these images. The wide margin of error involved with using this camera required me to be highly deliberate and careful with each shot, something point-and-shoots have eliminated the need for. This consideration allowed me to create images that reflect the intentionality of the series and the gravity of influence New Orleans has on my general perception. I strive to continue photographing with a calculated mentality to eventually create a completed series across multiple mediums that depicts the infinite facets of my home city in the way it deserves.

Drowning in Debt (2024)

This series explores the triumphs and turbulence of an active shopping addiction, as well as the repercussions that follow in its wake. Through images depicting looming temptation, temporary satisfaction, desperate attempts at recovery, and financial suffocation, I visually relay a commonly dismissed compulsion. Although I’m not as susceptible to excessive spending during the time of my making this series, I’ve struggled with regulating my spending habits even when the consequences included a subpar credit score and noncanonical ways of obtaining spending money.

I hone in on the fleeting nature of materially derived satisfaction by showcasing how quickly clothing in particular can pile up; oftentimes scarcely revisited and even so, never with the same joy that accompanied its purchasing. The key photo in this series, inspired by the saying “drowning in debt”, reflects a sense of helplessness experienced upon realizing the extent to which I financially expended myself at the worst of my compulsive shopping. Being a recovering alcoholic, I’m all too familiar with the fact that the first step in recovery is the admittance of a problem, but sometimes in a process addiction the action can feel so benign (especially when compared to alcoholism) that it can slip past the radar of a trained eye. While these images don’t delve into how consequential a shopping addiction can truly be, it’s meant to show how casual it can appear at first glance.