15 Monday Apr 2019
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photo by @nolacampanella12 Friday Apr 2019
This podcast features Photojournalist Cheryl Gerber, my neighbor and pal who is a award-winning freelance journalist and documentary photographer. She is a staff photographer for Gambit and a regular contributor to the New York Times, the Associated Press, and New Orleans Magazine.
Her book Life in the Big Easy is a standout; find my review here.
On the podcast, Cheryl talks about her diligence in keeping track of her work, using a law firm in New York.
The work has changed a lot since she said she “used to drive to Gambit’s offices holding wet photos out of the window!” Yet, the digital format is “made for her” she says.
20 Friday Jan 2017
Posted in artists, musicians, New Orleans, photos
“This cause is personal to me because my family has been taunted by photographers about how much they have sold my daddy’s image for, and they even tried to take photos at his funeral without permission,” states Cherice Harrison-Nelson, curator of the Hall of Fame, big queen of Guardians of the Flame Maroon Society, and the daughter of legendary Big Chief Donald Harrison. “But this is bigger than my family – the green paper provides evidence of how widespread this disregard for the artistic skill of Mardi Gras Indians has become. We will use it to further advance the ‘You Get Paid, I Get Paid’ campaign we launched during last year’s Blue Linen Night.”
The green paper was completed as part of a broad coalition that is advocating for greater equity in New Orleans cultural economy and tourism industry. Organized during Foundation for Louisiana’s 2014 Equity Caucus and funded by the foundation’s TOGETHER Initiative, this working group is developing a survey, app and other tools to help culture bearers gain more control over the economic aspects of their work.
06 Tuesday Sep 2016
Posted in gig, hustle, musicians, New Orleans, photos
This slideshow of FQ buskers includes a few of the most known and constant performers over the last 35 years. For many of these photos, the scene is so recognizable to me that it is possible that my teenaged self was just off the side, sitting on the ground, taking it all in. To this day, the interaction with and observation of public street performers and hustlers remains a valued part of my daily life.
Juggling, dancing, playing music or freezing in time, performers have been a part of the French Quarter landscape for decades.
01 Friday May 2015
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A sign on Royal Street posted by the street poet.
