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the empty part

Last year I attended a conference in New Orleans; after a day or two all the people and noise and commotion started to get the better of me. And then I found sanctuary in the far end of the convention center.

Earnest Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 4.22.2018

As the night exhales

…and the night exhaled into the already-humid air.

New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.16.2019

Social Aid and Pleasure Club

A couple of days ago, I posted a photo of a second line gentleman, waiting for the rest of the group to show up. And here’s what happened after they’d all arrived.

New Orleans’s social aid and pleasure clubs, which are part of the second line traditions, are an interesting cultural institution, and you can read more about them here and here.

New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.16.2019

Go marching in

Lights playing off the bell of a trumpet, an easy scene to find in New Orleans.

New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.16.2019

Second line gentleman

Second lines are a proud New Orleanian tradition, and this gentleman was waiting for the rest of his group to arrive, and the parade to begin.

Go here or here if you’d like to learn more about the second line tradition.

New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.16.2019