New Orleans
At times, New Orleans reminded me of Haiti, Jamaica, and Argentina. Then I stumbled into this exhibit about Richard Sexton’s new book Creole World: Photography of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere.
In more than 200 photographs from Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, and New Orleans, Sexton connects the dots between Creole architecture, culture, and history:
This isn’t a book about home decorating—or pretty architecture, or even about city planning, although I think it addresses those interests…. It’s my attempt to sum up an outlook—and a culture—that feels Creole to me. I’m drawn to places that accept accidents and decay, that put the past to fresh uses, that proceed by trial and error and keep things that work even if they don’t fit the rules.
