Food glorious food: among the above choices, fried chicken, babaganoug, foul, falafel, fries, omelettes, a Middle Eastern cheese with tomatoes…
Coming Events for December
Hello folks, This Sunday, December 5 you’ll find me at the In Point Fair and Expo at Garden Jewels…
Saturday's Surprise: Paula Whaley of Oneeki Design & Collectibles
My doll, “Aunty”, by Paula Whaley Now I rarely blog on Saturday outside of festival times, but today was an…
Did I Say Awesome?
I think you must not have heard me. Maybe you were bored because you already knew readers that you’re…
Oil Downers Jouvert 2012 – Criminals At Large
Oil Downers, a band from Brooklyn New York played Criminals at Large this year. It was pretty much their same…
Happy Devils
Olympic Devils Starting your Monday off with a weird, but endearing smile. If you want to know more about devils…
Brooklyn Jouvert, Labor Day 2012
I came home with a rhythm ringing and figured out on the journey back while listening to music that it…
Labor Day Kiddies Carnival 2012
Just a couple of the tiny humans from today’s Kiddies Carnival parade in Brooklyn, NY. Ended at the Brooklyn…
Welcome Back! Baltimore Carnival
Hello friends, I missed you. Sorry for the hiatus. Here are some photos from last month’s Baltimore/DC One Carnival. There…
Odunde!
The 37-year-old African festival took place at Gray’s Ferry in Philly yesterday. I like Philly. Odunde is a hot, joyful…
People Everywhere
I toyed with the idea of making a composite of these three photos, but decided against it. As they…
At Zawadi Holiday Market Saturday December 10
Get a little color on your walls and in your life and complete your Christmas shopping. Stop by Zawadi at…
Photo of the Week (42/52): The People’s Marathon
The Marine Corps Marathon is this weekend. If you’re heading out to support a runner remember your snacks, and tell…
Brooklyn Jouvert 2011
Brooklyn Jouvert 2011. Just a taste, got lots more . Enjoy L
Labor Day Kiddies: The Battle of the Beads and Feathers
The beads and feathers have infiltrated the children’s mas to the extent that I regularly found myself thinking in terms…
Caribana 2011
Preview More to follow at main Studio Lafoncette website. And please like us at the new facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Studio-Lafoncette-Photography-LLC/120662314677418 Enjoy…
Immigrant Carnival
This weekend a massive explosion of color will take over the streets of Toronto, Canada for their annual Caribana festival.…
Spreading the Adornment Culture of Mali
Some of you missed a real treat this weekend (other than Artscape) in the form of Oumar Cisse, also known…
Photo of the Week: Connected to the Divine (Artscape This Weekend)
Drummer performing outdoors at Artscape Fantasia gave it all for her fans at the New Orleans Jazz Fest earlier this…
Indonesian Festival
Over 5,100 individuals joined in at the Indonisian Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC on Saturday to…
Check out the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Ntomulan Loibor, Chairlady of the Ngurunit Basket Weavers of Kenya I visited the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this past weekend. This…
Shortknee in DC Carnival
The Shortknee is Grenada’s version of the Pierrot Grenade. Good to see they were represented in DC Carnival 2011. In…
Represent Yuhself
A big statement. Represent yuhself. And happy Monday. L
DC Caribbean Carnival
Slim pickin’s for photo ops yesterday, I really don’t know what this was. More on that later. Here’s a preview…
Odunde
I understand that Odunde is a Happy New Year festival in the Yoruba culture of Nigeria. In Philadelphia on the second…
Carnival Toute Bagai
So it’s Wednesday and I think blogging de carnival is fitting. I heard that DC Caribbean Carnival is not hosting…
Booth at Eastern Market on Sunday – Come on Out
Jumpstart your summer with a photo print (like the one above) or card. I’ll be at Eastern Market this Sunday in…
Exhibit at New Horizons, Children’s National Medical Center
This and other images will be on display at Children’s National Medical Center until June 17. Stop by and have…
Mardi Gras Indians (Bdc 36/36)
Walter, aka Spy Boy Trigga, of the 9th Ward Seminole Mardi Gras Indians I’ve blogged before about Indian mas…
Big Steppin’ 2nd Line
This past weekend I attended the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest 2011) as a photographer for the…