30.4.09

New Artwork: The Forgotten City 'Birdland'






Inspired by the forgotten city of New Orleans (and it's constant struggle to survive), heartache and vintage Blues.
Interesting note - One of the images in this collage is from a set inspired by a vintage photograph by Bellocq, a native New Orleanian. Below is the original image titled 'Tribute to a New Orleans Whore' and the original Bellocq photograph that inspired it.  -A





Read more about Bellocq here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Bellocq

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