In Over New Orleans photographer David King Gleason creates a breathtaking aerial mosaic of the Crescent City - a composite portrait that is at once panoramic and intimate, dramatic and subtle. Working from the skies, Gleason reveals every aspect of the city from the familiar streetcars and wrought-iron balconies to less celebrated views of the Faubourg Marigny, the Dixie Brewery on Tulane Avenue, and the palatial residences that overlook Lake Pontchartrain.

 

Cities are usually seen from above only fleetingly, from airplane windows, or partially, from the upper floors of tall buildings. In Over New Orleans, David King Gleason offers us the opportunity to linger above one of the world's most fascinating cities, to contrast its charms and raw vigor, to see it whole in all its complexity.

David King Gleason (1927-1992) was a professional photographer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His other books include Baton Rouge, Over New Orleans, Over Boston, Over Miami, Antebellum Homes of Georgia, Virginia Plantation Homes, and Atlanta.

ISBN: 9780807112885

Hardcover

134 pages

10.5 x 14

LSU Press, 1985