Nocturnal New Orleans

Behold the mystique of the New Orleans night—that tinge of excitement, that veil of mystery, that sense of danger that emerges during “the witching hour.”

Darkness may unleash the Dionysian in the Crescent City, but the nightly sparkle of illumination also showcases its ethereal and enduring beauty. Through hundreds of nighttime photographs taken in the streets and from the air, Nocturnal New Orleans captures this mythological magic—even as it argues that the mystique is neither mythical nor...