ART + COMMERCE

Chef + Owner/Bon Vivant + GM + paintings by Louis St. Lewis from Gallery Orange at Le Foret.
Shot for the New Orleans Scout Guide Vol. 3. This will likely be an outtake but I love that they were up for this.

Summer. Spontaneous.

My favorite thing about shooting kids is their complete lack of self consciousness. They'll never scrutinize a photo to see if their arms look fat or their tummy looks poochy.. They don't care.

I'm shooting a summer campaign for Arnauds, and without giving too much away, well, it involves shrimp.

Miss Linda, the Ya Ka Mein Lady, is an Angel

Today I received a phone call from Miss Linda, thanking me for (her words) the beautiful photo of her ya ka mein on the cover of Where Y'at Magazine. Her sincerity and kindness made my week. She's a treasure.

Client in repose

Sometimes when I'm shooting - well, any photographer can say this - I turn around and see something irrelevant but beautiful.

Seafood Platter's Reincarnation

When I was little, one of my favorite restaurants in New Orleans was Frankie & Johnny's, down by Tchoupitoulas. My mother would take me and we would split a seafood platter. After I turned 21, this would invariably be washed down by an ice cold Dixie beer. Heaven for about 20 bucks total. It slowly started to degrade in the 90s; (my all-time low there was, at age 22, having my credit card declined and not having any other money, but that's a different story.) It eventually closed - I can't remember exactly when, but fairly recently, suffering from dire infrastructure problems.
Fast forward to now. It's been reopened by new owners, spiffed up, and, most importantly, the food is the same as it was way back when: perfect fry, big portions, low total bill. BUT, the coolest thing is they have brought back a lot of the old staff. I remember Terrie from my check-bouncing days.

Violent ice at Sobou

I love shooting with Abigail Deidre Gullo, bar chef at Sobou. She makes her own giant ice balls. It's terrifying to watch.