Luca Hoffmann Photography
Bio
Luca Hoffmann-
New Orleans born and raised photographer, Luca Hoffmann has always had a camera in his hand after first learning photography from his Mother at the age of 14 . From a young age Luca was captivated by the Mississippi river and the Industrial refineries that surround it. His work captures the Beauty and destructiveness of both the industrial and natural landscapes in Louisiana. Luca discovered his calling with his first major body of work titled “Pushing Boundaries” Luca Graduated from Benjamin Franklin High school in May 2020 and will be attending Maine College Of Art. In 2018 he spent the summer learning from Berlin photographer Winfried Mateyka, right hand of renowned photographer Michael Schmidt. Luca’s close mentor, Thom Bennett, member of the New Orleans Photo Alliance, introduced him to the large format and kallitype process. Luca Shoots mainly digital and 35mm black and white film. Luca has Collaborated with local composer Ben Zervigion on many mixed media pieces.
Luca’s work has been featured at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art summer camp show(New Orleans) and the 2019 Slow Exposures Young Photographers’ Exhibit( Concord, Ga) . Luca’s work received 2nd place at the 2019 Slow Exposures Young Photographers exhibit. Lucas' work showcased at Louisiana contemporary 2022 at Ogden Museum Of Southern art. Luca’s work also was at The Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans 22 October 2022 - 23 February 2023.
Completed works:
Significant History and Honors:
Multimedia Projects:
• Into the Gulf ( 2022)
• Recto, Verso (2021)
• Soundings in Fathoms commissioned by NYNME (2020)
• Vanishing Fronts (2020)
• the night we hit that bunny in Destrehan...(2018)
• Sunday by the Lake(2022) • 27 Floods(2022
• now watch the repeating(2022)
• Commercial Experience:
• Scanning Film with Rick Olivier
• Large Format Wedding Portraits for Thom Bennett (2020)
• L'Hoste Family Porch Portraits (2021)
• Zervigon Family Portraits (2019)
• Echo Landscape [album cover] (2020
• M.S. Rau Antiques photo intern(2022-2023)
• Soundings in Fathoms (2020) [premiere installation 2021} installation at MECA museum of art
• IRCAM Forum Workshops March 2021 Presentation on the creation of Soundings in Fathoms, focusing on sound design and multimedia interaction, in collaboration with NYNME and B.K.Zervigon.
• Soundings in Fathoms (2020) [Multimedia} commissioned by the New York New Music Ensemble, in collaboration with composer B.K.Zervigon.
• Spring 2021 Film Photo Award (honorable mention) • Awarded the Dean's Scholarship of $18,000 from the Maine College ofA rt.
• Awarded the MECA Grant Scholarship of $2,000 from the Maine College of Art
• Slow Exposure Young Photographer's Exhibit 2nd Place Award (2019 Concord, Georgia)
• Louisiana contemporary 2022 participant at Ogden Museum Of Southern art and book cover photo (Soundings in Fathoms ) • The Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans 22 October 2022 - 23 February 2023(Into the Gulf a multimedia experience)
• Co-founder of the alluvium ensemble
Education:
• First year finished in BA in photography at Maine College of Art (class of 2024)
• Internship with Rick Olivier (summer 2019)
• Studied photography privately with Thom Bennet (2017-2020)
• Apprenticed with Winfried Mateyka in Berlin (summer 2017)
• Worked as photography Intern at M.S. Rau Antiques photographing antiques particularly canes with a large digital format camera. I learn commercial photography lighting and placement. Assisting and learning fr om the photographers I learned skills to photograph canes, tabletop objects, glass, and paintings(2022-2023)