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Saturday, June 09, 2007new orleans on filmsometimes i doubt my ability or talent in photography, or anything else i do really. and then sometimes i see what i've been able to do.    i love film. if i had all the time (and patience) in the world, i would use it exclusively. nothing can replace its magic. it makes you see and understand better than digital. Labels: black and white, New Orleans, photography Friday, April 20, 2007camellia grill reopens in riverbend.Camellia Grill is a trademark New Orleans diner. Operated by the same family for over 60 years before Hurricane Katrina, it became part of the heart and soul of Uptown New Orleans. After exchanging ownership, the Camellia Grill re-opened with a private preview day on April 20, 2007. It's just another sign of the slow but steady revitalization of New Orleans. The Camellia Grill accumulated hundreds of love letters in the form of Post-It notes on its façade in the over 20 months of its closing.  Harry Tervalon, 87, was present to cut the ribbon in the opening ceremony. He was a longtime head waiter at the diner.  New owner Hicham Khodr, Harry Tervalon, and a city councilman prepare to cut the ribbon during opening remarks.  Khodr receives a proclaimation in celebration of the re-opening of the Camellia Grill from city council members after the opening remarks.  Privileged citizens of New Orleans enjoy the first food off of the grill in 20 months.  New Orleans Police Department Captain Warren Riley was present to witness the re-opening of the diner, and to enjoy a meal.  A waiter presents a customer with a straw after the classic chocolate freezes are served.  The traditional linen napkins have reappeared at the Camellia Grill, keeping more than a touch of class.  Much of the wait staff from pre-Katrina Camellia Grill is also back. Everyone was in especially good spirits.  Love notes once again dotted the façade of the diner during the first meal of the day.  The Camellia Grill opens to the public on Saturday, and long, long lines are forecasted. Labels: black and white, New Orleans, photography Monday, February 26, 2007february portraits.i like these people a lot. and because they say i never share. awe-struck brandon jovial and mystical aldo rachel with sketchbook leroy (also) for mayor warren and campo: two normal american boys a boy i met at a swanky suds social via cadet warsley (right) admiral alanna and jenny at the campfireLabels: cadets, New Orleans, photography, portraits Sunday, February 25, 2007burning bush i was intending to post this forever ago, when it actually happened (january 23), but i could never decide if i wanted to post more pictures than just this one. tom's post probably covered all my bases. except for mine are in color! if you're interested in more, let me know. so yes, this is from the state of the union party at the iron rail book collective in the marigny of new orleans. and yes, we are burning an effigy of the president. lagniappe:     Labels: anarchy, fire, fireworks, New Orleans, photography, president bush Wednesday, February 14, 2007tornado tuesday."A powerful early-morning storm spawned at least one tornado that skipped across the New Orleans area Tuesday, destroying homes and a hotel in Westwego before crossing the Mississippi River and slamming the Carrollton and Gentilly areas." -The Times-Picayune, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Damage is extensive on a house missing its entire façade on Freret Street between Broadway and Carrollton Avenues. Other houses on the block lost roofs, while still others were entirely untouched. Incredibly, no one was injured.  Powerlines are down all along the path of Tuesday morning's tornado. The Uptown New Orleans area suffered power outages from approximately 3AM into the evening.  A house on the 7800 block of Freret Street suffers damage to its roof, including impact from an airconditioning unit, slung against it by the F2 tornado that hit the neighborhood.  Wreckage from the storm paints a grim image of uncanny resemblance to the wind damage sustained by the area only a year and a half before from Hurricane Katrina.  Local and state police, as well as national guard troops and military police, spared no time in setting up a command camp in the Riverbend neighborhood of New Orleans on Carrollton Avenue.  Law enforcement officers meet in a Carrollton Avenue shopping center parking lot between Hampson and Maple Street where they have set up a command center in response to Tuesday's tornado. Police cruisers and national guard humvees inundated the area and overflowed onto the neutral ground.  Many levels of government response arrive at the scene of Orleans Parish's greatest destruction. Luckily there was not much incident at all after the tornado left the area.  National Guard troops are seen once again on the streets of New Orleans, dubbed "martial law city" by some in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Soldiers are a familiar but still unnerving sight to many in the city.  Locals do their best to help victims of the storm, and those trying to help them. The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana sent its "Hurricane Relief" vehicle to the scene; an ironic presence that it should appear now after New Orleans escaped the 2006 hurricane with no harm. Locals are more than cooperative and generous to everyone involved in the recovery from the storm. Labels: New Orleans, photography Friday, January 26, 2007concerned citizens.here is my brief follow-up to the photograph i posted on tuesday evening. this all went down at the Iron Rail/Plan-B warehouse on Decatur and Marigny in the Marigny district of New Orleans. The advertisement for the event, the "State of the Union Party," touted "Fireworks! Burning effigies!" and "Fire-breathing anarchists!" And, well, I think you'll see that these claims were not unfounded... the night started out with giant 8-foot in diameter hula hoops! this gentleman hulahooped with the best of them.  he was an expert, and also assisted with the filmings inside of the art space. on this night, he played mentor to the young girl on the right, who was soon hula hooping with great finesse.  inside the art space, kids from all over crowded in for food, drink, and a showing of the state of the union address and film "death of a president." during the first half of the presentation, the audience was encouraged to throw rotten vegetable matter at the screen.  then they brought the bush effigy out, which was once seated right of the viewing screen.  amidst some varied calls of, "no, you're not going to burn it, are you?" came answers...  of, "oh, yes we are!" the effigy was soaked with alcohol first.  and then after some trial and tribulation with lighters, surfaces to light, and other concerns...  it caught fire. in the background are two undercover detectives that came to the gathering in case if things got out of hand. they called for two squadron cars when things got louder, and their true identites were revealed.  chaos ensued once george REALLY got burning.  people interacted with their flaming president in many ways. here a young gentleman sees that the effigy's head is not adequately on fire!  george soon falls to pieces, much to the crowd's delight!  some begin to toast marshmallows on the open fire.  others simply come to warm themselves on the comforting glow.  fireworks also make an appearance, bursting into the sky, skipping gleefully along the streets, and making a genuine ruckus!  bam!  basking in the glow.  the collective stamps out their fires after the cops arrive. two police cruisers pull up after the fireworks get particularly intense. they were stationed about two blocks away towards the river since the beginning of the night. they demand that the collective cease all loud activity.  our hula-hooping friend from earlier talks to police, assuring them that everything is all right, and that the collective is just going to go back inside and watch another film. everyone wishes the police a good night. fin. Labels: black and white, fire, fireworks, New Orleans, photography, president bush
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