Big Easy
New Orleans has the festive, all-hours debauchery of Las Vegas, but it's Sin City with a soul. As one traveller I encountered this past weekend explained, "The energy of New Orleans is pure."
It's not manufactured or sanitized. Layers and layers of history-some good, some bad-give it an authentic texture that new cities like Los Angeles and Las Vegas can't touch.
You walk down a street in the French Quarter and jazz music spills out of windows in dark bars and alleyways, regardless of the day or time.
Sometimes the bands set up shop righ tin the middle of the street. A single musician and his harmonica, or a four-piece band with tuba, trombone, fiddle, and drums.
Here are a few of my favorite street musician shots:
It's not manufactured or sanitized. Layers and layers of history-some good, some bad-give it an authentic texture that new cities like Los Angeles and Las Vegas can't touch.
You walk down a street in the French Quarter and jazz music spills out of windows in dark bars and alleyways, regardless of the day or time.
Sometimes the bands set up shop righ tin the middle of the street. A single musician and his harmonica, or a four-piece band with tuba, trombone, fiddle, and drums.
Here are a few of my favorite street musician shots:
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