Time(s) - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Atlanta Photography Group
Lucious Smith
O C H A S
The Atlanta Photography Group is excited to present
Lucious Smith’s O C H A S
as our 10th solo exhibition in the Maloof Gallery.
Artist Statement
O C H A S is an allegorical exploration of the aesthetic and theological sensibilities maintained in many Afro-Caribbean cultures. With an intent to demystify and elevate non-western norms, the ethos of the work is based in regality; an adjective rarely associated with pejorative ideologies relating to “voodoo”, Obeah, or Santeria.
Symbology and nuance are the guiding principles to this collection of work. Examinations of identity, sexuality, and the general wherewithal-ness of blackness fuel the stagings of the collection. O C H A S intends to offer a glance into the sophistication and mystery many afro-based diasporic retentions offer its practitioners; a view inwards presented outwardly.
Lucious Smith
Lu Smith (b. 1983, Heidelberg, Germany) is a photographer living and working in Atlanta, Georgia. He questions and explores the subtle, overlooked nuances throughout the black diaspora. His work not only documents the situational beauty, but its visual prose and social intelligence; using black is-ness as a primary thesis to compose his images. His work and approach adopt a photo essayist’s vernacular when solitary images do not fully articulate societal discoveries and his subsequent curiosities.
When not working a scene, Smith’s conceptual projects index a quiet regality in the studio, where themes of mystery, magic, and intellect garner his eye’s attention.
It’s between these intersections one can find Smith and his camera. A purist at heart, he develops his black & white negatives (he occasionally processes color, as well) to produce silver gelatin prints in his studio & darkroom.
Event Dates
Exhibition:
December 2, 2025 – January 23, 2026
In-Person Open House/Reception
December 4, 2025, 7-9pm ET
1544 Piedmont Ave NE, #107, Atlanta, GA 30324
Located between LA Fitness and CVS Pharmacy
