If taking pictures of people -- especially musicians -- is your favorite kind of photography, New Orleans is the city to be in, and Frenchmen Street is the place to go. This stretch of the city (centered in the 500 and 600 blocks of Frenchmen), which lies in the Faubourg Marigny, just across Esplanade from the French Quarter, is arguably the coolest neighborhood in the world. By day, it's a brightly-painted street scene, chockablock with sidewalk cafes populated by cool people, artists making art, buskers making music, and general liveliness.
By night, it lights up with local and national bands in a dozen different bars and clubs playing every conceivable genre of music: lots of jazz, of course, but also zydeco and Cajun, Latin, rock, folk, punk, and more. If you're a fan of the TV show Treme, you'll recognize a lot of these clubs as shooting locations, and chances are, you'll recognize some of the faces on the stages, as well. Stroll the street and pop in wherever the sounds catch your fancy, and snap away.
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