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Derek Bridges
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We took a drive over to the Chalmette Battlefield to get a look at the River. Sure…
When I listen to the radio I’m pretty much always tuned to community radio, usually WWOZ or…
I try to vote for Bobby Jindal as much as I can. Not real votes, of course,…
G Bitch and I will be there Saturday morning. I’ll be working two cameras to be sure…
From the G Bitch Spot, here’s an excerpt from her excerpt: When D.C. was teetering on the…
In 2000 I had the good fortune to shoot pictures of a UNESCO conference called, “Breaking the Silence: Teaching the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” hosted by Tulane’s Deep South Regional Humanities Center. One of the featured events of the conference was a tour led by Walter Johnson, author of the 1999 book Soul by Soul*. He took us to major sites of the slave trade in New Orleans, as well as a tour of Evergreen Plantation. I recently came across those negatives and decided to finally read his book. Here are a few excerpts:
(source: New Orleans Public Library) Louis Armstrong from Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans: That neighborhood [Back…
We caught the Uptown Swingers Social Aid & Pleasure Club (love those pink suits!) featuring the To…
I don’t watch much baseball anymore (okay, hardly/if any), but even I know this is embarrassing in…
I’ll provide more impressions tomorrow, but here’s video of me asking McCain if he would debate in…