Southern Decadence, New Orleans 2014

Alejandro — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:00:07 +0000

My road trip through the American South took me to New Orleans the weekend of Southern Decadence, the Crescent city’s gay street festival. New Orleans is one of my favorite cities. It was great to see the haunted streets of New Orleans spilling with queer energy. Photographing San Francisco’s Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence was definitely a highlight. Here are some photos from the Saturday night festivities along Bourbon Street.

Caribana 2014!

Alejandro — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 22:35:15 +0000

Toronto comes alive in the summertime especially during Caribana, a gigantic Caribbean Carnival & street festival. It is North America’s largest street festival attracting over 2 million people each year. This is definitely a highlight for me because it attracts some of the caribbean soul that I miss from living in Miami. Its the most colorful, electric, joyful celebrations I’ve experienced–and a photographer’s dream.

My friend Virgilia was dancing in the parade with the Zulu Warriors band. She invited me to come out at 7am to photograph the pre-parade preparations. I spent the entire day dancing along with my camera. Here’s a selection of my favorite photos. Along with the parade I photographed portraits with many of the dancers which I will be posting in the days to come.

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Southern Decadence, New Orleans 2014

Caribana 2014!