Artwork
ELEVATE is hosted annually by City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs. The focus of ELEVATE is to enhance the city’s cultural offerings by providing free, quality cultural experiences that highlight what makes Atlanta unique and increasing Atlanta’s cultural and economic vitality.
VILLA ALBERTINE is the newest cultural institution of the Embassy of France in the US. Villa Albertine is creating a network for arts and ideas spanning France and the United States.
Floyd Hall & Elodie Le Breut
Photographers:
Ken West is an American photographer based in Atlanta, known for his work on the African-American community. His work focuses on the
beauty of everyday things. His book The Beauty of Everyday Thangs allows us to embrace the imperfection of our lives. Ken West was born in
the historic Bordeaux neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee. From an early age he was fascinated by the world of storytelling that surrounded him.
His images have been used in national advertising campaigns for Fortune 50 brands and are held in several private and public collections. Ken has
exhibited internationally including the Mint Museum, Gallery 72, and Eidelweiss Gallery in Berlin, and Atlanta’s Mayor’s Gallery at City Hall.
Yohanne Lamoulère is a French photographer who graduated from the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles. She lives and
works in Marseille. A member of the Tendance Floue collective, her favorite themes are the outskirts of cities and the protean nature of insularity.
She published Faux Bourgs with Editions Le Bec en l'air in 2018, a compilation of her work on the city of Marseille.
Curators:
Floyd Hall is a cultural producer and media strategist from Atlanta, Georgia. His professional work often relates to the intersection of art, media and technology as platforms. He is the interim Director of Science Gallery at Emory University and the curator of many exhibitions in Atlanta.
Elodie Le Breut is the Director of A.M.I, an organization dedicated to support the innovative music scene in Marseille, at the Friche la Belle de Mai. Before A.M.I., Elodie Le Breut worked as a journalist at Radio Grenouille (Marseille) for a show dedicated to experimental and new music in the world. She was also an international development advisor for the Gabonese record label ZORBAM Produxions, and an artistic advisor for BALOJI, Belgian artist and rapper.