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George Dureau, The Photographs whom he photographed on different occasions over many years. Surprisingly, only one book of Dureau's photographs has been published, New Orleans (1985), a modest paperback long out of print. This Aperture book is possible now because of the commitment of Dureau's supporters.

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<i>George Dureau, The Photographs</i> reiterates Dureau s talent and legacy through one of the first complete collections of his groundbreaking imagery. <i>Issue Magazine</i>sumptuously illustrated <i>The New Orleans Advocate</i>

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George Bureau was educated at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (1946–52) and attended the School of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans (1952). His paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs have been exhibited widely since the mid-1960s, including at the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans (1965); Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (1977); Osuna Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1979); Photographers’ Gallery, London (1983); 291 Gallery, Atlanta (1985); Jamison-Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon (1987); Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (1991); Galerie Callu Mérite, Paris (1997); and Higher Pictures, New York (2012, 2015), as well as multiple exhibitions of both photography and painting at Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, since 1988. His photographs have been featured in many major group exhibitions, including New Southern Photographs, Burden Gallery, Aperture Foundation, New York (1989); The Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art (1998); and, most recently, Reconfigure: Transformations of the Body, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana (2012). Dureau’s career has been the subject of retrospectives at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (2006, 2011), and the New Orleans Museum of Art (2009). Prior to George Dureau, The Photographs, only one book of Dureau’s photographs had been published: New Orleans (Gay Men’s Press, 1985). George Bureau was educated at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (1946–52) and attended the School of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans (1952). His paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs have been exhibited widely since the mid-1960s, including at the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans (1965); Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (1977); Osuna Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1979); Photographers’ Gallery, London (1983); 291 Gallery, Atlanta (1985); Jamison-Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon (1987); Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (1991); Galerie Callu Mérite, Paris (1997); and Higher Pictures, New York (2012, 2015), as well as multiple exhibitions of both photography and painting at Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, since 1988. His photographs have been featured in many major group exhibitions, including New Southern Photographs, Burden Gallery, Aperture Foundation, New York (1989); The Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art (1998); and, most recently, Reconfigure: Transformations of the Body, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana (2012). Dureau’s career has been the subject of retrospectives at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (2006, 2011), and the New Orleans Museum of Art (2009). Prior to George Dureau, The Photographs, only one book of Dureau’s photographs had been published: New Orleans (Gay Men’s Press, 1985). Philip Gefter was on staff at The New York Times for over fifteen years, where he wrote regularly about photography. His essays are collected in the book Photography After Frank (2009). His biography of Sam Wagstaff, Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe, was published in 2014 (Liveright). He is currently at work on a biography of Richard Avedon. He lives in New York City.

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