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This is the annual head washing ceremony, which is a sort of Voudoo "baptism". It's held in honor or Marie Laveau. For more information, see the Wikipedia entry for St. John's Eve. This event is done by Island of Salvation Botanica and Sallie Ann Glassman.

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I'm actually kind of pleased with this combination. Click the image below to see some examples of random things around NOLA that were done in it.

95 degrees? Check. No shade anywhere? Check. 20 pounds of camera crap? Miles and miles of walking? Check. It's a great recipe for fun.

Here's the tomb of EJ Bellocq, a photographer best known for spending his meager fortune on photographing the prostitutes of Storyville, the long defunct redlight(er) district of New Orleans. Click on the image to see more from St Louis #1 and #3.



Insanely high-res photos on request.

I was not impressed. My notes from it read:

Boring as fuck. Do not try again.

TMAX 1:9 @ 75 degrees, 12:30.



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Got bored, went to the lake. The pilings are all that remains of Jaeger's, a popular restaurant destroyed during Katrina/Rita.

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