Tag: Parades
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Looking
I know. These images aren’t new work and they aren’t travel pictures. Really? How many people travel to New Orleans for Mardi Gras? Off hand, I’d say hundreds of thousands. Some are tourists who want to see the greatest show on earth. Some are locals who ether want profit from the tourists or who want…
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What You Could See
I think I well photograph a little Mardi Gras. The Universe needs a little inbound positive energy for my friend, Chris. I don’t think I can take and take and take… Besides, looking a this older work makes me happy. That counts for something. Right.
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All On A Tuesday
A ll on a Tuesday. It’s Mardi Gras. Everywhere else it’s just another Tuesday. People go about their workday, not even knowing the hell that’s raised in New Orleans. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. Anyway. Here are a bunch of pictures to help you celebrate. Happy Mardi Gras, y’all.
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The Day Before, The Day before
T he tools of the trade. I suppose that’s what you could call them. Brass tools. Trumpets, French horns, tubas, trombones. They all make their way onto the streets during the Mardi Gras parade season. The students that play them come local and regional high schools and universities. The schools that teach the them often…
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Something That I Forgot
L ike a bolt from the blue. It hit me. I’ve been struggling to figure out how to organize my curating. Without blowing my own horn, I’ve made so many Mardi Gras pictures over the years that I get overwhelmed looking at them. That bolt though. What is Mardi Gras really about? People. No matter…
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Week Two
A fter a short break, I am back at it. Mardi Gras parade season week two. It’s at this point that I start needing a break. It’s likely that I’ve worked for six days in a row, day and night. The break came yesterday when there are no parades. Now work would normally run straight…
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When It Came To An End
T hese pictures are about an anniversary of sorts. They were made at the last Mardi Gras parade that I ever photographed. It was at this point that my leg and knee hurt so badly that I gave up. I realized that I just couldn’t go one. Talk about things happening for a reason This…
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About The People
A s Neil Young once wrote, “The things I’ve seen mean a lot.” He’s right, of course. That’s one reason that I’m a photographer. I want to show you what I’ve seen and hopefully what it means to me and to you. Of course, your meaning is made by your own life experiences. It’s really…
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