SAVARTSCENE: JACK LEIGH EXHIBIT ‘THE LIGHT, THE HEAT’ CAPTURES SUMMER IN SAVANNAH
Savannah Morning News
August 2018
By Kristopher Monroe
“Photographer Jack Leigh is probably the most iconic artist associated with Savannah.
His photograph of the ‘Bird Girl’ statue featured as the cover for the novel “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” is one of the most recognizable images of the region. The exhibition currently on view at Laney Contemporary Fine Art, “The Light, The Heat: Summer In The South” is a breathtaking journey through Leigh’s artistic peregrinations throughout the Lowcountry.
The exhibition includes some familiar and some rarely seen images from Leigh’s oeuvre, but what’s perhaps most moving is the obvious love and personal care that was put into the show. Susan Laney ran Leigh’s gallery while he was alive (he passed in 2004) and now maintains and represents his estate. She is understandably protective and incredibly respectful of Leigh’s legacy, as this show clearly evidences.”