Film Noir: Fine Art Photography by Nicole Canegata Closing Friday

Cane Roots Art Gallery on Company Street in downtown Christiansted welcomed over 300 art lovers at the opening of “Film Noir”: the black and white exhibit by fine art photographer Nicole Canegata.

This Friday, the visual “love letter” to St. Croix show will close at a reception from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Canegata has been shooting weddings and portraits for about 10 years in a busy commercial climate that sustains her in a way that she’s become accustomed to. But that is not only who she is or who she wants to be known as. Canegata is a fine art photographer whose work has captured the memories, the nostalgia and the love of St. Croix patrons who have viewed her Film Noir presence at the Christiansted Gallery.

“My journey has not been super-straightforward,” she told the Source.

Canegata was always inspired by her father when she was younger. He was an amateur photographer who took lots of photographs and she liked to peruse the albums. And she liked the idea of documenting memories and realized how important that was, she said.

“At age 10, my dad handed me a Polaroid camera and asked me to photograph him; he needed a photo of himself in his military uniform. He joked that my mom could not take a good photo. He looked at my photo and said it was really good! I think that was the moment that awakened the budding photographer in me … or just realized that there was something there.”