Michael DeMocker
Michael DeMocker has been a photojournalist in New Orleans for over twenty years. He’s been the National Press Photographer Association’s Regional Photographer of the Year three times and loves photographing all things New Orleans. He lives Uptown with his wife, son, and two dogs of varying intelligence.
Photos: 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards bring out the best costumes on Fat Tuesday
Elaborate and fabulous costumes compete for prizes in the categories of Drag, Leather, Group, Individual, and Best Overall during the 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards.
Photos: Revelers flood the French Quarter on Mardi Gras and it was wild
Here are some of the wildest images from Fat Tuesday.
Photos: Orpheus rolls on Lundi Gras with theme of ‘Beastly Kingdoms’
The 1,500 members of the Krewe of Orpheus roll down the Uptown route on 38 floats with their parade entitled “Beastly Kingdoms of Orpheus” on Lundi Gras.
PHOTOS: Chaos, Mid-City, Okeanos, Thoth roll Sunday on Uptown route
Sunday’s weather was picture perfect for day parades as Chaos, Mid-City, Okeanos and Thoth hit the Uptown route.
PHOTOS: Endymion 2020 rolls with ‘Endymion’s Historic Dynasties’ theme
The 2020 Endymion parade rolled Saturday night under the theme ‘Endymion’s Historic Dynasties.’
PHOTOS: Hermes, d’Etat, Morpheus round out five parades Friday evening
The krewes of Hermes, d’Etat and Morpheus rounded out a long Friday evening of parades along the Uptown parade route.
PHOTOS: Delayed a day due to weather, Muses, Babylon ride Friday afternoon
Delayed by a day due to windy conditions Thursday night, the krewes of Muses and Babylon took to the Uptown streets Friday afternoon.
PHOTOS: Cleopatra, Alla, Oshun kick off Valentine’s Day parades Uptown
Valentine’s Day? What’s that?! This year, it was the first day of Uptown parades hitting the streets.
PHOTOS: Sparta, Pygmalion light up Saturday night Uptown
After a brief few-hours break on Saturday, the Knights of Sparta and the Krewe of Pygmalion lit up the evening, which concluded five different parades that rolled on the Uptown route.