NEW ORLEANS – Loyola University’s Vice President of Institutional Advancement Bill Bishop announced University photographer Harold Baquet has decided to retire at the end of the year.
Baquet has been the photographer for Loyola since 1989 documenting many of the university’s defining moments from the impact of Hurricane Katrina to the university’s landmark centennial celebration.
Bishop described Baquet as “a luminary on campus for more than a quarter of a century.”
Before coming to Loyola, Baquet was the official photographer for the City of New Orleans under two mayors, the late Ernest N. Morial and Sidney J. Barthelemy. His works have been featured in Rolling Stone, the book “The Last Hayride” by John Maginnis and in several museums in New Orleans, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
Baquet is the recipient of several prestigious Loyola awards including the Coadjutor Optimus award in 2002, the St. Sebastian Award in 2008 and one of the university’s highest honors, the President’s Medal in 2010. Also in 2010, he co-wrote “In the Blink of an Eye,” with his wife Cheron Brylski, A&S ’80, which was followed by a corresponding lecture and exhibition on campus the following year.
A university-wide celebration to honor Baquet and his photography is being planned for next spring.
