shreveport, louisiana- municipal auditorium

some shots done Thursday [9/25/08] in Shreveport at municipal auditorium where they used to broadcast the "Louisiana Hayride" - many stars 'got their start' there- i.e. hank williams, elvis etc.- there's some elvis [and other] memorabilia on display w/o the crass commercialism/greed of graceland [where they want to suck every penny they can from elvis's memory]- some interetsing stuff from the hayride, and other stars. the building in itself, is a treasure. hopefully it wont get torn down, like the rest of OLD downtown shreveport. it's being razed in the name of progress.
[c] 2008 doug duffey

st. francisville, louisiana

stopped off in st. francisville -sunday [9/28/08] on the way home from new orleans- drove around the town and made some 'drive by shootings' from the car w/my little digital camera. the two bottom shots were taken by an old school-house and church, where i/we got out and walked around. i made some great Polaroids there, as well as some 35mm b&w shots. i saw lots of houses for sale and as my nephew always says "i could live there"- beautiful little town.
[c] 2008 doug duffey

shots from the road

i haven't been blogging due to a million things. i also haven't been anywhere except New Orleans and back up through Mississippi [after jazz fest- may 8,2007] since i returned from Europe on march 1.

i really don't like color photos OR digital cameras or digital photos, OR most travel fotos, OR landscapes, unless they're REALLY interesting... digital is ok for snapshots and travel shots, and such, but for ART... it's got to be FILM.. and i prefer b&w film.

BUT...these weren't/aren't intended to be ART: it was spring and these things looked nice to me... as we passed by... below are some random digital shots from the road- from NO to Monroe via Mississippi... ah, the beautiful south...

Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans (c)2007 Doug Duffey

Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, Port Gibson, Mississippi -(c)2007 Doug Duffey

a rose garden in Port Gibson, Mississippi- (c)2007 Doug Duffey

street scene, St. Francisville, Louisiana - (c)2007 Doug Duffey