OYEME CON LOS OJOS, photographs by Josephine Sacabo

Joséphine Sacabo’s photographs transfer the viewer into a world of constructed beauty. Built upon a foundation of poetry and literature, her many portfolios are visual manifestations of the written word. OYEME CON LOS OJOS (Hear Me With Your Eyes) collects imagery spanning Sacabo’s career. The selected photographs and photogravures convey a vision that is dreamlike, surreal, and romantic. The black linen and embossed hardcover catalog was published in conjunction with Sacabo’s retrospective exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.  

Joséphine Sacabo lives and works mostly in New Orleans, where she has been strongly influenced by the unique ambience of the city. She is a native of Laredo, Texas, and was educated at Bard College, New York. Previous to coming to New Orleans, she lived and worked extensively in France and England. Her earlier work was in the photo-journalisitic tradition, influenced by Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. She now works in a very subjective, introspective style. She uses poetry as the genesis of her work and lists poets as her most important influences, among them Rilke, Baudelaire, Pedro Salinas, Vincente Huiobro, and Juan Rulfo, Mallarmé, and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.