New Orleans is a not only a great place for food and music, it's a wonderful place for people watching, too. It's so diverse that it provides an almost endless variety of faces to photograph. Even without a good, long lens, I was able (hopefully!) to capture some of them.
The first series were made during our accidental (and INCREDIBLE) experience of stumbling into a Second Line in the city's Garden District. People were so enthusiastic about the event it was easy to find happy, smiling, interesting faces.
The little girl on the left was just thrilled to have her photo made. Her sister couldn't take her eyes off the parade.
This bike-cart team followed the whole parade selling ice cream and soft drinks. If you bought something, apparently, you got to sign the wagon!
Wearing We Are the #1 Social and Pleasure Club T-shirts that were ubiquitous along the parade route, these girls anxiously waited for the fun to begin.
It ain't a party in NOLA without a cocktail. This entrepreneur sold them out of the back of his pick-up.
Cat gets included here because, NOLA is now her official second home! Here we're just about to visit one of the best home cookin' joints in the city's Treme Section.
Making NOLA's famous Pralines in The French Market District.
Like all cities, New Orleans can be a rough town, too.
One of the best places to people watch is at the famous coffee house, Cafe DuMonde. The cafe is always crowded with both tourists and locals. But I find some of the most interesting people to photograph is the wait staff. They run like crazy until they get a brief break and find some place to get off their feet and, perhaps, share some conversation with a co-worker. If you look for it, you can catch them in some nice, quiet, "real" moments. In recent years, the Cafe has employed many workers who emigrated from Vietnam. Their Asian faces in the traditional Cafe servers outfits makes for an interesting contrast (IMHO!).
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