We all came out.
Zulus. Chefs in their whites. Indians. Voodoo priestesses. Priests and ministers. Political leaders. And all the rest of us.
We walked. We talked to each other. There was a lot of kindness in the crowd. We came to celebrate a humble woman who believed the food could bring us all together. Who was far more than the queen of creole food.
Leah Chase.
I’ll leave the real writing to Ian McNulty of The Advocate. https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/food_restaurants/article_3a7f93c4-8ba9-11e9-99da-6fbd07f978ac.html
I’ll let my pictures speak for themselves.
By kind. Be good to each other. Help your brothers and sisters when they need it.
Indian queen and happiness.
Paying her respects.
Musicians getting ready to walk.
Alvin Coco and his musician friends.
Coming out.
An honor guard of Zulus.
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wonderful and a great message
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Thank you. Just trying to live up to Ms. Leah.
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Thank you for sharing.
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Ray, you may have seen this from the New York Times on Chef Leah Chase’s funereal.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/13/us/new-orleans-funerals.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190613?campaign_id=57&instance_id=10189&segment_id=14276&user_id=2d3deccc25276623a58348dd8b0a7a27®i_id=5082072620190613
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I have. Their photographer, who is not their regular stringer, stood next to me a number of times near the church.
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I was wondering if I would see you in the mix of the NYT images.
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It’s possible. I know I’m in the two regional newspaper’s pictures. But, only at the start as everybody came out of the church. Eventually, I got way ahead of the second line and worked from a porch because I wanted a shot at making the pictures I had in my head.
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I think subconsciously we as photographers try to stay out of the scene and stay behind it.
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I’m not so sure around here. I think that I’ve written that second lines are kin to rugby scums, I don’t want to be in anybody’s picture, nor do I want to block someone. You can’t help it being in the middle of the “play.”
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Thanks for linking to the great article. I enjoyed learning more about a remarkable woman!
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Ian wrote the definitive piece as far as I’m concerned. His work should be known far and wide. Besides, unlike many reporters who work by phone, he stood in the hot streets and sweated with all the rest of us. That’s worth a lot.
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