Read more
"The mysteries of the French Quarter have yielded themselves to Kerri's camera like uncorked perfumes. What kind of camera does she have? There is a mystery-uncorking, poetry-uncapping, surprise-producing mechanism inside it. Kodak doesn't make it. There is only one such instrument, and I am grateful that Kerri owns it. The French Quarter is grateful, too. The old coquette never had it so good."
--Andrei Codreiscu, National Public Radio correspondent and author of Messiah
"This is the real Vieux Carrï¿1/2, rarely seen by casual visitors, beautifully rendered in evocative color photographs. The visual texture of its design, detail and patina is palpable."
--Frank W. Masson, AIA
"Kerri McCaffety's photographs represent the haunting, shabby grandeur of the French Quarter. Though her subjects are diverse, they share an aura which few photographers ever capture on film. Kerri's images reveal an inner city suspended somewhere in time, languid in its sultry air and splendid in its ethereal light."
--M. Lindsay Bierman, Southern Accents
"McCaffety knows how to capture the fleeting beauty of a moment."
--Susan Larson, Times-Picayune
"What a fine photographer. . . . It takes a red-headed woman to shoot pictures like that."
--John Mariani, Esquire
Summary
For many, the French Quarter is New Orleans, yet how much do they really know about the Vieux Carre? This illustated book invites readers to discover a multitude of hidden marvels including the 1828 Bourbon Street mansion of Lindy Boggs, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and former congresswoman.
