I’m officially amending my barista project to include the service staff of diners. They’re similar in a lot of ways, and, in this case, I was in a diner not a coffee shop. So there. If you’re not familiar, I’m doing an ongoing project in the city of portraiting baristas (and now diner-ers). This is a guy, [...]
Archive for the ‘French Quarter’ Category
July 13, 2010
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Coffee Coffee Coffee: Diner
By jOe in Black & White, Coffee Coffee Coffee, French Quarter
June 22, 2010
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El Gato Negro + Coffee Coffee Coffee
By jOe in Black & White, Coffee Coffee Coffee, Food, French QuarterThe other night, my good friend Michelle and I had dinner at El Gato Negro. If you know me, you know I rarely get in a tizzy over food. Come to think of, I’m not sure I’d ever own up to be in a “tizzy” at all. But nevertheless, if I did, it wouldn’t be [...]
May 19, 2010
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Hannah: the rest
By jOe in Family, French Quarter, Photo Shoot, PortraitsAs promised, here’s the rest of the shoot Katie and I did with Hannah this weekend. Originally my plan was going to culminate with yesterday’s post, and since I really only needed a light colored sliver of a wall to complete that task, we had the freedom to shoot just about anywhere. But when I [...]
April 20, 2010
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Where People Were
By jOe in Black & White, French QuarterSomething I always enjoy about photography is its power to isolate a specific collection of details to show a perspective. Here is a short series showing the the stuff after the people have gone.
April 14, 2010
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The French Quarter fest in Square
By jOe in French Quarter, MusicThis past weekend was the frenchquarter fest. Lots of people, lots of music. lots of square pictures. Steve & Daniele who play gypsy jazz. And in true gypsy jazz style Daniele plays the same guitar as Django Reinhardt and sites him as one of his main influences.These two mimes invited us to stay at their [...]
April 7, 2010
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Keith the Barista: Royal Blend in the Quarter
By jOe in Black & White, Coffee Coffee Coffee, French Quarter, It's A New Orleans Life, PortraitsI took a trip down Royal Street the other day to take a picture of Keith, the barista of Royal Blend. I think I could spend all day taking pictures there. It’s off the street via the classic french quarter, brick tunnel entranceway which opens into a delightful openair courtyard complete with lots of greenery [...]
March 8, 2010
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Fire Breathing @ Pravda
By jOe in Fire Breathing, French Quarter, PortraitsThe last time I photographed Matt (the guy with the Mad top-hat) breathing fire, it was on the side of the road in the bywater district. I knew this time was going to be different because it was at Pravda, but I didn’t expect much beyond the location. I was pleasantly surprised to find a [...]