Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere
All the things that make New Orleans unlike North America confirm that it is part of another cultural world shaped by Spanish and French colonialism, West African labor and beliefs, and the rise and demise of the empire of sugar.Creole Worldis a visual homage to past cultural connections and a vivid present. --Randolph Delehanty, author ofArt in the American Southand coauthor ofNew Orleans: Elegance and DecadenceMarked by accomplished photography, perceptive essays, and an elegant design,Creole Worldoffers the reader insights into a textured, layered, and lush world. --J. Richard Gruber, director emeritus, Ogden Museum of Southern ArtInCreole World, that old New Orleans greeting 'How's your mama an'nem' gains depth and resonance. We learn that 'an'nem' includes our cousins in Haiti (cozen nou an Ayiti), our uncles in Cartagena (nuestros tíos), our aunts in Cuba (nuestras tías), and a wealth of other friends and relations in Panama. By depicting these connections so beautifully in pictures and words, Richard Sexton has made the Creole world at once larger, smaller, and better. --Lolis Eric Elie, writer for HBO'sTremeand coproducer/writer ofFaubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New OrleansMarked by accomplished photography, perceptive essays, and an elegant design,Creole Worldoffers the reader insights into a textured, layered, and lush world. --J. Richard Gruber, director emeritus, Ogden Museum of Southern ArtInCreole World, that old New Orleans greeting 'How's your mama an'nem' gains depth and resonance. We learn that 'an'nem' includes our cousins in Haiti (cozen nou an Ayiti), our uncles in Cartagena (nuestros tíos), our aunts in Cuba (nuestras tías), and a wealth of other friends and relations in Panama. By depicting these connections so beautifully in pictures and words, Richard Sexton has made the Creole world at once larger, smaller, and better. --Lolis Eric Elie, writer for HBO'sTremeand coproducer/writer ofFaubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New OrleansMarked by accomplished photography, perceptive essays, and an elegant design,Creole Worldoffers the reader insights into a textured, layered, and lush world. --J. Richard Gruber, director emeritus, Ogden Museum of Southern ArtInCreole World, that old New Orleans greeting 'How's your mama an'nem' gains depth and resonance. We learn that 'an'nem' includes our cousins in Haiti (cozen nou an Ayiti), our uncles in Cartagena (nuestros tíos), our aunts in Cuba (nuestras tías), and a wealth of other friends and relations in Panama. By depicting these connections so beautifully in pictures and words, Richard Sexton has made the Creole world at once larger, smaller, and better. --Lolis Eric Elie, writer for HBO'sTremeand coproducer/writer ofFaubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans