Just Released!
NEW ORLEANS ELEGANCE AND DECADENCE
Narrative by Randolph Delehanty / Photographs by Richard Sexton
A redesigned and updated edition of a New Orleans classic.
Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing, 2023.
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“…a dreamy poem of a book, a lovely evocation of the city’s twin charms….
Sexton’s rich, evocative photographs in combination with Delehanty’s text, discursive and witty, give a sense of how these spaces are loved and used…. This beautiful book is a toast to the way we live in New Orleans, a tribute to a lifestyle of insouciance and exuberance, touched by both spirituality and worldliness. In both word and image, Sexton and Delehanty have got it right; rarely has the city been loved both so wisely and so well.” -Susan Larson, Book Editor, Times-Picayune, 1993 “An extraordinary collection of people and places expressive of precisely what the city is all about.” -R. Stephanie Bruno, New Orleans Advocate / Times-Picayune, 2013 “celebrates the city’s languid grandeur” -Southern Accents, December 1993 “Sexton’s photographs and Delehanty’s text go together like a savory meal and a lovely bottle of wine .. . a sip of one leaves you hungry for the other, only to sip some more.” -Mary Beth Romig-Price, New Orleans, 1993 “the most sensitive look inside New Orleans since Lafcadio Hearn… certainly the best photographic book ever on the city. -Dr. Patricia Brady, New Orleans/Gulf South Booksellers Association “This book never loses its sense of discovery and ability to surprise and delight….” -John H. Lawrence, The Historic New Orleans Collection |