Running from April 7 through May 7, come witness Patrick Hilaire’s extraordinary shots of prominent Jazz musicians in rehearsal and performance. Regular gallery hours posted below.
Check out the Online Gallery at the bottom of this post.
“I’m constantly drawn to live music to attempt to capture the relationship between images and sound.”
“Every portrait in this exhibition tells its own story. Musical events are the intersection where the rhythm of the performer and photographer get to meet… It’s really moments that I try to capture, and those moments only happen once.”
Patrick Hilaire
Patrick Hilaire exemplifies the deep-rooted love of Jazz music and photography that plotted his path through life. Born in Haiti, he has been a resident of Maplewood for over 25 years. An IT professional by day, photography has been an enduring passion. The influences started at home. Both sides of his family were involved with photography in varying degrees. His siblings remain active photographers. In his teens he shadowed his brother who developed film and printed black and white images in their parents’ basement. Jazz from station WRVR played into the wee hours. Great Jazz photography, especially album art photographed by the masters, remains a constant inspiration.
Hilaire has been a major contributor in chronicling the South Mountain International Blues Festival since its inception and a fixture at the annual Giants of Jazz at The South Orange Performing Arts Center. He has exhibited at several galleries and was featured at the South-by-South Orange Festival (later renamed the SouthNEXT festival). He has shot performances at the John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival, the South Mountain International Blues Festival, performers from SOPAC’s Jazz & Blues in the Loft series and Giants of Jazz, as well as the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band at the Blue Note in New York City. His last exhibition was the LIGHT [+SOUND] Photography Exhibition at South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) in the The Herb + Milly Iris Gallery.
Gallery Schedule
Public viewing hours by week are listed below. MCAC is a multi-use venue, so pay careful attention to daily times, as these change, due to scheduled events in the space. Exhibitions remain on the walls at all times, and can be viewed during the events, time and space permitting. You can advance weeks by clicking on the arrows by the date span or drop down the date span for a specific week.
