Enigmatic Stream: Installing the Intro Mural 
Installing Enigmatic Stream Exhibit 
Enigmatic Stream Install Detail 
Enigmatic Stream entry panel 
Entry to Enigmatic Stream exhibit with entry panel on left. 
Enigmatic Stream Entry View 
Enigmatic Stream Entry Mural with Interactive Display 
Enigmatic Stream Wall 4 
Enigmatic Stream Wall 4 Detail 
Enigmatic Stream Overall View 
Enigmatic Stream Wall 3 
Enigmatic Stream Partition Wall w/Canoe 
Enigmatic Stream Wall 4 w/River Gauge Marker 
Enigmatic Stream Wall 1 
Enigmatic Stream Wall 2 
Enigmatic Stream Rear Wall Detail 
Enigmatic Stream exhibit artifacts 
Airlines Motors Restaurant place mat features industrial sites along the lower river as tourist attractions 
John Lawrence (extreme right) giving walkthrough of Enigmatic Stream 
John Lawrence (2nd from left) gives walkthrough of Enigmatic Stream exhibit.
Enigmatic Stream: Industrial Landscapes of the Lower Mississippi River
UPDATE: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Historic New Orleans Collection closed to the public on March 14, 2020, while Enigmatic Stream was on view. This became the effective closing date for the exhibit, since it was due to close on April 5, 2020, and was de-installed a few weeks later.
A virtual tour of the exhibit is available on The Historic New Orleans Collection website here: https://www.hnoc.org/virtual/enigmatic-stream
Christopher Leach has authored a feature on The Historic New Orleans Collection’s virtual tour of the Enigmatic Stream exhibit, which you can view here: https://wgno.com/news/virtual-tours-at-the-historic-new-orleans-collection-enigmatic-stream/
Tuesday, September 17, 2019, Enigmatic Stream: Industrial Landscapes of the Lower Mississippi River opened at The Historic New Orleans Collection; 520 Royal Street, New Orleans. The exhibit features 100 prints from the project, which are arranged geographically beginning with mile marker 83 in St. Bernard Parish to mile marker 234 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, representing 151 miles of the Mississippi River’s course. Large red numbers indicate mile markers and inform the viewer where they are on the river as they view the exhibit. The photographs are complemented by an assemblage of river artifacts, which include a copy of Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi; a placemat from Airline Motors Diner, which highlights oil refineries and other heavy industry sites as nearby tourist attractions; and a river stage marker, which will chart fluctuations of the river stage during the run of the exhibit. There is also an interactive display of river maps for that section of the river featured in the exhibit. The exhibit will be on display until April 5, 2020.
Enigmatic Stream: Industrial Landscapes of the Lower Mississippi River, the book, is profiled on my website here: https://richardsextonstudio.com/enigmatic-stream/.
It can be purchased from The Historic New Orleans Collection here: https://www.hnoc.org/publications/books/enigmatic-stream.
A satellite exhibit of work from Enigmatic Stream is on view at A Gallery for Fine Photography, 241 Chartres St., New Orleans, through the end of 2019 and can be previewed on my website here: https://richardsextonstudio.com/2019/08/enigmatic-stream-at-a-gallery-for-fine-photography/
Reviews of Enigmatic Stream can be viewed on my website here: https://richardsextonstudio.com/enigmatic-stream/ and here: https://richardsextonstudio.com/enigmatic-stream-industrial-landscapes-of-the-lower-mississippi-river/