Goodbye for now...

We're constantly moving, so what are we to make of the blurs we call our experiences?  Zero time to think about our desicions before we're forced to make new ones.  Leaving this place once again, for an unknown period of time, but I will return.

As I continue to wander the streets of New Orleans, searching for the spirit of the people here, I snap off a few more photos.  Colors shapes and actions here seem to be driven by a magical force, strong and resilient.  Not wholly perfect, and submitting frequently to its raw nature, there is life here.  It is expressed as a flower, no symbol could be more apt to describe the flamboyance and steadfastness in the face of impermanence that thrives here.  Gather around the fleur de lis, and celebrate our moment together, we are New Orleans.

Uptown - Octavia

"Mardi-Gras to Mardi-Gras" A year in New Orleans

       After having spent the entirety of 2011 in my homeland of Puerto Rico filming a documentary, I find myself walking the streets of The Big Easy once again.  I arrived just before Mardi-Gras week, and will remain here until Mardi-Gras 2013.  Circumstances have led me to carry out post-production on my film in a studio here in New Orleans.  

       I will for the next year of my New Orleans residency keep and frequently update this blog with essays, photographs, and video content.  I hope to offer the world my unique perspective on this enigmatic community, and how it is thriving in 2012.  In the next few days I will be posting some photos from Mardi-Gras, and very soon I will post a video compilation.