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Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
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    • Recent Work
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      • It's later than you think: Carnival 2020 zine
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      • Land of Dreams (New Orleans)
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      • Carnival Time 2015 (audio)
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      • Indians 2014 (audio)
      • French Quarter Fest
      • Mardi Gras 2014 (audio)
      • Southern Decadence
      • Birdfoot 2015 (audio)
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      • Halloween 2016
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      • Running of the Bulls 2016
      • Jazz Fest 2014
      • For Uncle Lionel
      • Chaz Fest
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      • Exhibit BE
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      • ORDER - Winfield 2016: Flood Stage zine
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2015 has been an amazing year of adventures, but it has also been a year of loss. I am thankful for the many people I have met along the way, and hope for the best in 2016. Here are a handful of favorite images from 2015. Thanks -rhr

Allen Toussaint

French Quarter Fest

4th of July along Bayou St John

Southern Decadence

Southern Decadence

Purple Lightn during Carnival

Monogram Hunters 3rd Chief Dump

FiYiYi Spy Boy Al

Monogram Hunters working on Big Chief Pie's suit

Monogram Hunters Indian Practice

Big Chief Pie

2nd Chief Jeremy "lil Pie"

Monogram Hunters Big Queen Denice and Big Chief Pie

Ticket Man Will and son

Monogram Hunters 2nd Queen

Mohawk Hunters Gang Queen Rita and granddaughter

Rita

Former President Bill Clinton and Mayor Mitch Landrieu on the 10 year anniversary of Katrina

Caesar Meadows working on his tit' Rex float for carnival

King of Freret

Rex

Endymion

Kermit Ruffins

Quintron and Miss Pussycat

Sweet Crude at French Quarter Fest

Bayou Boogaloo

Running of the Bulls

Running of the Bulls

Running of the Bulls

Running of the Bulls

Running of the Bulls

Monogram Hunters meet FiYiYi

Algiers Warriors

Monogram Hunters Indian Practice

Muses

Mid Summer Mardi Gras

Winfield

Winfield

Winfield

Winfield

Winfield

Winfield

Calamity Cubes

WWOZ Cuttn' Class

Nigel Hall at WWOZ

WWOZ Cuttn' Class

Mid Summer Mardi Gras

Phunny Phorty Phellows

Phunny Phorty Phellows

Purple Lightn' during Carnival

Krewe Athena

Krewe Athena

Rex

Exhibit Be

Jazz Fest

Red Beans at Jazz Fest

Jazz Fest

Jazz Fest

Jazz Fest

Jazz Fest

Victor Harris at Jazz Fest

Dancing Man 504 at Jazz Fest

Jazz Fest

Jazz Fest

Jazz Fest

Block Party

Ignition Festival

Ignition Festival

Ignition Festival

Birdfoot Festival

Birdfoot Festival

Birdfoot Festival

Birdfoot Festival

Women of Class Second Line

Trumpet Black memorial Second Line

Women of Class Second Line

Sudan Second Line opening prayer

Spirit 2 da Street Second Line

Big Chief Pie in Spirit 2 da Street Second Line

Spirit 2 da Street Second Line