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  • Mardi Gras Wrapper

    Mardi Gras 2016. The end of the season coming soon. I’m not done yet. Today and tomorrow are Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras. I’ll get real busy on both days. I’m not sure yet if I am going to shoot the last two Uptown night parades tonight, but for sure I’m going to photograph a…

  • St. Charles Avenue

    St. Charles Avenue. I didn’t travel on this street very much during the parade season. I usually seek out little back streets to make it to and from home. But, I happened to pass by a few days ago. I was truly amazed to see the little city of parade ladders, folding chairs, folk art and…

  • Beads, Beads, Beads

    Mardi Gras beads. The funny thing about beads is that they really have no value. Yet, we fight for them when a parade rolls by. People will do weird things for them. You’ve heard the stories I’m sure. Other people will wander around French Quarter streets wearing about ten pounds of beads on their shoulders and…

  • Fit For a King

    The king’s portrait. Yes. One of my street portrait-things. I made it at the Women of Class second line. It seems that I take about the same picture every year at this parade. The color changes. The scene doesn’t. It was made as the parade was forming. In a parking lot. And, that’s something important to…

  • Weird Windows

    Oh, I dunno. This is what happens when you walk. When you look in windows. At details. I’ll let you guess which kind of spiritual belief this group of icons represents. It may not be what you are thinking. For those of you who are wondering about avoiding reflection in glass, it’s pretty simple. If you…

  • Faded Beads

    This is another one of those pictures. A picture made on my way to some place else. There are three things to know about it. Even when rain isn’t falling, dark storm clouds add a large amount of drama to the picture. The light is wonderful. Mardi Gras beads always fade to silver. Around here,…

  • Mardi Gras Odd and Ends

    There you have it. Mardi Gras 2015. In New Orleans. Time to move on to the next thing. Probably work that is a little more personal. At least, not so event-driven. I hope. I’ll see you there.  

  • Lundi Gras

    Lundi Gras. The Monday before Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. Bourbon Street. The heart of the tourists’ version of the holiday. The only locals — people from here — who go there are people like me who are working. And, only for a short time. We have other places to be. Like the Zulu parade. Or,…

  • A Break in the Action. Sort of.

    No not from me. But, there is a short lull in the Mardi Gras parades. Until Tomorrow. Wednesday. This is good. It gives my sore legs a chance to recover. So. Instead. You get to see what I saw as I moved around town. Mardi Gras 2015.