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Deja Vieux Carré (...all over again)

That's the whole point of this endeavor: to see The Vieux Carré, The Old Square — more commonly known as The French Quarter — with new eyes, once again, for the first time, every visit, every year. After all these years of living, working and playing in the Quarter I think I probably know her inside and out. Perhaps being so intimate with her, I notice things that other photographers might not, so enamoured are they of her sights and sounds, and being in the full blush of first love. And yet each year I find something different, a new perspective on a familiar sight. And each year, Deja Vieux Carré seems to have a different tone or point of view. Perhaps that depends on my frame of mind and — or — whether I have happened to hit town during some slow times. This Deja Vieux Carré seems to me to be a quiet and rather empty tome, like the Quarter when one doesn’t have to share her with a horde of tourists.

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border crossings

into the central business district and the marigny

Technically speaking, the Vieux Carré is bounded by Rampart Street, Canal Street, Esplanade Avenue and the Mississippi River. Frenchmen Street is located in the neighborhood called the Marigny, but has become to all intents and purposes an extension of the French Quarter. The Central Business District is another issue entirely. While there are sections that could be considered de facto parts of the Quarter (certainly the uptown side of Canal Street — at least up to Rampart Street) this concept is anaethema to many Quarterites who consider the CBD enemy territory. But, for the purposes of this photo-essay I am allowing that part of the CBD bounded by Baronne Street on the west, the river on the east, and Canal and Common Streets on the north and south, to be an honorary — but conditional — part of The Vieux Carré.

about max singer

Max Singer is not only an innovative photographer but also is an award-winning artist and illustrator whose work has appeared in numerous national publications including High Times, Psychology Today, the NY Times and NY Magazine, to name but a few. Max was associated with the world-famous Push Pin Studio. His work was featured in The Society of Illustrators landmark show and book The New Illustration. His unique, colorful and bold illustrative style of imagery has been exhibited widely both in his homebase of New York City, in particular at such music and club venues such as the Knitting Factory, as well as various outsider and contemporary venues in his spiritual home of New Orleans, and was featured in the documentary Blood Brothers: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

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