
Stirling Barrett, is a twenty two year old native of New Orleans. He
graduated from Metairie Park Country Day School where his talent was
identified and his unique style of photography was birthed. He recently
graduated from the Meadows School of Art at SMU in Dallas. His artwork
revolves around the indigenous culture of New Orleans, especially
relative to its diverse and historic architecture. His portfolio
includes a portrayal of the recent "rebirth" of the city following the
hurricane devastation of 2005. He creates unique collages by
photographing small sections of his subject matter then pieces together a
large number of photos to complete his final composition. A completed
piece of art may contain anywhere between one hundred to five hundred
individual images. He hopes that his artwork provokes a distinct
emotion, where the beauty is found within a given moment, within each
frame of time. He strives to achieve this goal by distilling
disorientation. Stirling concurs with the idea that John Gardner put
forth when he stated, "Remember that art is a balancing of opposing
points of view, an attempt to zero in on truth without cheating on the
argument."