The New Orleans Museum of Art: How the Light Moves
An art museum in City Park, New Orleans, with galleries, a neoclassical entrance hall and an adjoining sculpture garden.
The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans: How the Light Moves
A luxury hotel on Canal Street in New Orleans, occupying a converted early-twentieth-century building with extensive service.
St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans: Photographing a Working Cathedral
The cathedral on Jackson Square in New Orleans, where stained glass casts amber and blue light through the interior.
The Audubon Tea Room, New Orleans: Photographing a Park Pavilion
An event pavilion within Audubon Park, New Orleans, combining historic city character with a serene park setting.
The San Francisco Plantation, Garyville: The Problem, and Four Ways Out of It
An extravagantly painted 1850s house hemmed in by a levee on one side and heavy industry on the other.
The Houmas House, Darrow: The Venue’s Own Logic
A River Road house whose gardens are a twenty-first-century creation — which is the key to photographing it well.
The Destrehan Plantation, Destrehan: The Light Through the Day
A 1780s French Colonial house built as a shading device — which makes its light unlike any other on the River Road.
The Laura Plantation, Vacherie: Suits and Does Not Suit
A Creole house in strong ochre, red and green rather than white columns — and a site that puts its history first.
The Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie: One Frame, and How It Is Made
An avenue of twenty-eight live oaks older than the house they lead to — and a site whose history has to be understood before it is booked.