New Orleans
Posted by Chris H. on April 15, 2009
My friend Stephen is a native of New Orleans, although he hasn’t lived there since he finished his first graduate degree. Recently, however, he was asked to write the screen adaptation of Walker Percy’s novel The Moviegoer, which is set in New Orleans, so he decided to rent a house in the Garden District while he finishes the screenplay. Having never been to New Orleans I, of course, invited myself for a visit, from which I have just returned. I fell in love with the city. It has been knocked down pretty hard in the years since Katrina and still has a long way to go before it is fully recovered, but it is nonetheless still a beautiful, exotic city. Here are a couple of images from the trip.
Lake Pontchartrain late in the afternoon.
An egret nesting in Audubon Park.
The Oak Alley Plantation in Lutcher, Louisiana
The Hale Boggs Bridge over the Mississippi River near Luling, Louisiana
I don’t know which came first – the cemetery or the Dow Chemical St. Charles plant. Hahnville, Louisiana.
Stephen, hard at work.
Marti said
Chris,
One of the (numerous) things I like about your photography is that I never get a sense of photoshop with your work. I never see you amping up contrast or playing with stuff. It comes through very real. The egret is beautiful. The Oak Valley Plantation makes me want to go there. And your friend has a very comfortable look on his face. I know that look. It only comes when the subject trusts the photographer. Congrats on a great shoot!
myphotoscout said
Very nice photographs Chris!
I like the Egret and the shot of Stephen. Hard at work? Oh well, I must be doing something wrong.
I don’t care much for the oversized logo.
Julie Aagard said
Chris,
I have relatives that lived in New Orleans and distant cousins that were affected by Katrina. Thanks for the beautiful pics of it.
Julie
Linndsy Curtis said
Beautiful Work!