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Friday, December 5, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Day 1
Just a general "I'm alive" update for now. I have a few images (115!) I'll be looking through when I get home from dinner tonight, so I'll edit then with a proper update. But the flight down was fine. We had a layover in Memphis for a couple hours that I spent mostly getting something to eat and trying not to fall out of my seat while I napped. Got to the hotel around 10, had a quick meeting and got to bed around midnight. And today we had a tour of areas affected by Katrina, where pretty much all of my images come from.
And now it's time for foods, because I have a bad case of the hungers. Proper update coming to you in a couple hours.
Edit:
Alright, for real update now. Sort of.
Check out today's pictures HERE. We had a bus tour around the city, no super shooting opportunities, but I managed a few out the window of the bus. Tomorrow will be a better shooting day, we have pretty much the whole morning to shoot our own stuff. At 2 we have a tour of a museum and we'll get to see where they're setting up Sally Mann's show.
Signing off for the night. More tomorrow.
And now it's time for foods, because I have a bad case of the hungers. Proper update coming to you in a couple hours.
Edit:
Alright, for real update now. Sort of.
Check out today's pictures HERE. We had a bus tour around the city, no super shooting opportunities, but I managed a few out the window of the bus. Tomorrow will be a better shooting day, we have pretty much the whole morning to shoot our own stuff. At 2 we have a tour of a museum and we'll get to see where they're setting up Sally Mann's show.
Signing off for the night. More tomorrow.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Map and list
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Battle of New Orleans -- Chalmette Battlefield, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish
Arlo Guthrie - The City of New Orleans -- Amtrack station, train runs daily
Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans -- Corner of Rampart And Dumaine
Gary US Bonds - New Orleans -- Basin street, spanish moss
Le Roux - New Orleans Ladies -- Bourbon St, toward Esplanade
Animals - House of the Rising Sun -- Multiple locations. Only specific address, 1614 Esplanade Avenue.
Billy Walker - The Old French Quarter -- Lamplights, night shots of the street
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue -- Delacroix Island, fishing boats, Montegut street?
Buddy Alan - Down In New Orleans -- Mississippi River boats, cotton fields
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode -- Tree near railroad tracks
Jim Ed Brown - Cajun Stripper -- Pretty self explanatory.
Jimmie Rogers - My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans -- No particular location. General shots of New Orleans. Will probably be my series title.
Johnny Cash - Big River -- Mississippi River
Johnny Cash - Orleans Parish Prison -- Various. Lake Pontchartrain, Pontchartrain Park, Pontchartrain Hotel, remnants of Pontchartrain Rail-Road ("Elysian Fields Avenue looking lakewards from just on the River side of North Roman Street")
Louis Armstrong - Basin Street Blues -- Basin Street
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Arlo Guthrie - The City of New Orleans -- Amtrack station, train runs daily
Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans -- Corner of Rampart And Dumaine
Gary US Bonds - New Orleans -- Basin street, spanish moss
Le Roux - New Orleans Ladies -- Bourbon St, toward Esplanade
Animals - House of the Rising Sun -- Multiple locations. Only specific address, 1614 Esplanade Avenue.
Billy Walker - The Old French Quarter -- Lamplights, night shots of the street
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue -- Delacroix Island, fishing boats, Montegut street?
Buddy Alan - Down In New Orleans -- Mississippi River boats, cotton fields
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode -- Tree near railroad tracks
Jim Ed Brown - Cajun Stripper -- Pretty self explanatory.
Jimmie Rogers - My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans -- No particular location. General shots of New Orleans. Will probably be my series title.
Johnny Cash - Big River -- Mississippi River
Johnny Cash - Orleans Parish Prison -- Various. Lake Pontchartrain, Pontchartrain Park, Pontchartrain Hotel, remnants of Pontchartrain Rail-Road ("Elysian Fields Avenue looking lakewards from just on the River side of North Roman Street")
Louis Armstrong - Basin Street Blues -- Basin Street
View Larger Map
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Strip Club Contacts
Penthouse Club New Orleans
(504) 524-4354
Attempted to email, it was returned. Will call.
Larry Flynt's Hustler Club
(504) 524-0010
Sent an email, waiting for reply.
Temptations
(504) 525-4470
Doesn't seem to be a website, still looking around. Will call.
Rick's Cabaret
(504) 524-4222
Sent an email to the President, Vice, CFO, and General Counsel, waiting for reply.
Songs
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Battle of New Orleans -- Chalmette Battlefield, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish
Arlo Guthrie - The City of New Orleans -- Amtrack station, train runs daily
Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans -- Corner of Rampart And Dumaine
Gary US Bonds - New Orleans -- Basin street, spanish moss
Le Roux - New Orleans Ladies -- Bourbon St, toward Esplanade
(In progress. I have a whole list of songs, it's just a matter of looking through the lyrics of all of them.)
Penthouse Club New Orleans
(504) 524-4354
Attempted to email, it was returned. Will call.
Larry Flynt's Hustler Club
(504) 524-0010
Sent an email, waiting for reply.
Temptations
(504) 525-4470
Doesn't seem to be a website, still looking around. Will call.
Rick's Cabaret
(504) 524-4222
Sent an email to the President, Vice, CFO, and General Counsel, waiting for reply.
Songs
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Battle of New Orleans -- Chalmette Battlefield, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish
Arlo Guthrie - The City of New Orleans -- Amtrack station, train runs daily
Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans -- Corner of Rampart And Dumaine
Gary US Bonds - New Orleans -- Basin street, spanish moss
Le Roux - New Orleans Ladies -- Bourbon St, toward Esplanade
(In progress. I have a whole list of songs, it's just a matter of looking through the lyrics of all of them.)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Story Ideas
(This would have been posted last night after my Shelby Lee Addams response, but my internet was shaky.)
French Quarter
-Spanish architecture elements left from after the Great New Orleans Fire(s)
-Street performers/artists
St. Charles Avenue
-Mansions/history
-Hotels
Music
-Jazz performers/clubs
-Songs involving New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun, Johnny B. Goode, etc.)
Language
-Louisiana Creole French/Kreyol Lwiziyen
-"Yat" accent/slang/etc.
Bourbon Street
-Strip clubs
--Diptych - Dancers at work/at home, environmental portraits with family
French Quarter
-Spanish architecture elements left from after the Great New Orleans Fire(s)
-Street performers/artists
St. Charles Avenue
-Mansions/history
-Hotels
Music
-Jazz performers/clubs
-Songs involving New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun, Johnny B. Goode, etc.)
Language
-Louisiana Creole French/Kreyol Lwiziyen
-"Yat" accent/slang/etc.
Bourbon Street
-Strip clubs
--Diptych - Dancers at work/at home, environmental portraits with family
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia
Adams' photographs are certainly memorable, that much is certain. They aren't something most people are used to seeing every day, and Adams is right, he's challenging the audience. A lot of people have a problem with it because it seems like he's exploiting these people, but honestly, I don't see anything wrong with his work. He makes a connection with people and he photographs them in their homes, with their families. I disagree completely with the woman in the movie who was upset about the photograph of her sister. That image is one of my favorites of Adams'. She's a beautiful girl, and just because she's standing in front of a door with a torn screen doesn't mean anything. She's looking at the photograph with a bias, not for what it is. It has a beautiful composition, it has wonderful lighting and fantastic subjects.
I believe Adams' work is a mixture of both fine art and documentary. There are certainly aspects of documentary photography, showing families in their home settings, but I think the majority of it is fine art. He does set up shots, and because of that, I can't personally consider it documentary photography. To me, documentary photography is capturing a moment on the fly, without warning. I think that taking a photograph this way is the only way to make something true (which isn't to say it might not be without bias).
I believe Adams' work is a mixture of both fine art and documentary. There are certainly aspects of documentary photography, showing families in their home settings, but I think the majority of it is fine art. He does set up shots, and because of that, I can't personally consider it documentary photography. To me, documentary photography is capturing a moment on the fly, without warning. I think that taking a photograph this way is the only way to make something true (which isn't to say it might not be without bias).
Monday, August 25, 2008
American Experience
Better late than never, I guess.
I can't remember exactly how old I was the first time I visited New Orleans. I'm pretty sure I was around fourteen. There are only three things I remember with absolute clarity: A man approaching our group around ten in the morning, already drunk, and telling us what good people we were, as we were all wearing our "trip" shirts stating that we were building for Habitat for Humanity, a sudden downpour lasting three minutes at the most that left all of us soaked and laughing, and the desire to never leave.
Watching An American Experience has only reminded me of how much I love that city and how excited I am to return.
If I had to choose only one chapter to comment on, despite how short it is, I would choose chapter three. I agree with the gentleman completely that cemeteries are for the living, a way to keep the past alive. I've never heard of having picnics in cemeteries before, but I suppose it makes a lot of sense. People like to feel close to the past, to relatives that have passed on, to family memories. I know some cultures leave food offerings on graves, and we ourselves often decorate gravestones. People often sign the names of family members who have passed on to letters and cards, especially in the case of children. The need to feel a connection to the past is a strong one, if not for the memories, then to help us identify ourselves and explain why we are the way we are.
New Orleans is connected to the past in a way like no other city I've ever visited. History is everywhere, around every corner you turn and in every person you speak to. I can't wait to be a part of that again.
I can't remember exactly how old I was the first time I visited New Orleans. I'm pretty sure I was around fourteen. There are only three things I remember with absolute clarity: A man approaching our group around ten in the morning, already drunk, and telling us what good people we were, as we were all wearing our "trip" shirts stating that we were building for Habitat for Humanity, a sudden downpour lasting three minutes at the most that left all of us soaked and laughing, and the desire to never leave.
Watching An American Experience has only reminded me of how much I love that city and how excited I am to return.
If I had to choose only one chapter to comment on, despite how short it is, I would choose chapter three. I agree with the gentleman completely that cemeteries are for the living, a way to keep the past alive. I've never heard of having picnics in cemeteries before, but I suppose it makes a lot of sense. People like to feel close to the past, to relatives that have passed on, to family memories. I know some cultures leave food offerings on graves, and we ourselves often decorate gravestones. People often sign the names of family members who have passed on to letters and cards, especially in the case of children. The need to feel a connection to the past is a strong one, if not for the memories, then to help us identify ourselves and explain why we are the way we are.
New Orleans is connected to the past in a way like no other city I've ever visited. History is everywhere, around every corner you turn and in every person you speak to. I can't wait to be a part of that again.
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