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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
Levee, late afternoon
I had one chance to get this shot before the gentleman walked out of the frame, and I barely made it. He was walking pretty fast, probably to escape photographers…
Woldenberg Park
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.16.2019
Waiting Game
The wait staff, waiting on customers to show up.
Café du Monde
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.15.2019
A giant white dress
Yes! Children AND adults can sew up a giant white dress, if they want.
But if that’s not your deal, look to the far wall, where you can (apparently) check out the BEST NEBRASKA WINES, which sounds weird enough that it’s probably a real thing.
Neither dresses nor wine your thing? Off to the right, then, is an accordionist/comedian you could check out. I make a mistake of sitting down in the front row after he’d started his show – I must have violated some some provision of the of Accordionist Audience Code of Ethics, which just goes to show the hidden dangers of traveling in foreign places like Nebraska – and he heckled me relentlessly. At one point, when some old dude came down to take a picture, he stopped playing, and said as he gestured to my camera, “Sir – no photos. She’s here from Jimmy Fallon and won’t let anyone else photograph me.” It was SO FUNNY. To the accordionist.
All this to say the state fair had plenty of stuff to look at.
Nebraska State Fair
Grand Island, Nebraska
photographed 8.28.2018
Table near the kitchen
I understand that maybe some people would object to being seated near the kitchen.
But those people would miss the chance to fill up the evening with stealth-shooting the kitchen door and the way the light ebbed and flowed and the staff moved in practiced fashion.
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 6.24.2018
One Day | One Image 