Greenwood (Jan–Aug 2024)


After a decade devoted to an evangelical lifestyle, Louisiana native M.G. Tucker became disenchanted with its dogmatic culture. ‘Greenwood’ finds Tucker lost, reaching for a new reality, and so creating his own narrative in the wake of religion.

With thirteen faceless photographs, Tucker expresses a portrait of the considerations made while building a life from scratch. Focusing on the immediate vernacular of homes, cemeteries, and the modest charms of the Gulf South, he unveils an intimacy with his own spiritual conflicts while connecting the dots of his personal ancestries.

As our attention is subverted by screen-time and its answers for everything, ‘Greenwood’ invites the viewer to rekindle wonder and find serenity in truth’s elusiveness, as Tucker found through his questions and his cameras.






M.G. Tucker (b. 1992) is a photographer in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Metairie and raised on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

Finding the warmth in everyday moments, he reveals plain beauty by practicing slow-paced and vernacular image-making. Considering the abiding narratives in play at the intersection of man-made and natural environments, his photographs concern ideas of place, home, and earnest living.

mchltckr@me.com




St. Augustine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2019
11.5x14.5 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$500

Billy’s Pond, Louisiana, 2019
24x30 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$750


Tarp at Masonic Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2020
11.5x17.25 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$500

Calm on City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2020
11.5x11.5 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$500

Running Water, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2021
11.5x11.5 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$500

My Window on Olga, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2018
24x29 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$750

Silverleaf Sunflowers, Grand Isle, Louisiana, 2023
11.5x17.5 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$500

Green on Rampart, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2018
24x26.5 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$750

Cheniere Caminada, Grand Isle, Louisiana, 2023
24x29 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$750

Nick’s Butterfly, Downsville, Louisiana, 2018
11.5x17.5 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$500

Yellow Lamp, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2023
11.5x17.5 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$500

Flowers on Blue, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017
24x30 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$750

Morning After, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2019
11.5x14.75 inches, pigment print on baryta paper
Edition of 5
$750