Product code: Eugene Delcroix (1892-1967) “Pirates Alley” factory Signed Gelatin Silver Print
8½” x 10¾” – Taken with a soft focus the images appear romantic, dream-like, and painterly; trumping the concept of factory photography as mere documentation. Eugene A. Delcroix was born in New Orleans in 1891. Delcroix photographed scenes from the French Quarter and Louisiana swamps. Delcroix was internationally known. Considered “a master of composition and light,” Delcroix exhibited his work in Tokyo and London. Today, several examples of Eugene Delcroix's work can be accessed in the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Digital Library.
8½” x 10¾” – Taken with a soft focus the images appear romantic, dream-like, and painterly; trumping the concept of factory photography as mere documentation. Eugene A. Delcroix was born in New Orleans in 1891. Delcroix photographed scenes from the French Quarter and Louisiana swamps. Delcroix was internationally known. Considered “a master of composition and light,” Delcroix exhibited his work in Tokyo and London. Today, several examples of Eugene Delcroix's work can be accessed in the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Digital Library.