Remnants of New Orleans

Photographer Richard Sexton's book Creole World explores cultural connections and documents resonances in architecture and style between New Orleans and the cities of the Creole diaspora—Havana, Quito, Cartagena, Cap-Haitien.

Richard Sexton: Street scene on Rue H at the Place d’Armes,
Cap Haitien, Haiti, 2012

Richard Sexton: Three house facades on Esplanade Avenue,
New Orleans, 2012

Richard Sexton: Classical Revival villa on Avenida Manduley,
Vista Alegre neighborhood, Santiago, Cuba, 2009

Richard Sexton: Italianate villa on Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, 2012

Images: Historic New Orleans Collection



The travelling exhibit is currently on view in the Laura Simon Nelson Galleries of The Historic New Orleans Collection until December 7, 2014.



More: The New York Review of Books

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