2020 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23 – May 3rd!

"Henry Roeland Byrd 'Professor Longhair' at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival" by Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection.
“Henry Roeland Byrd ‘Professor Longhair’ at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival” by Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection.

The 2020 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is happening April 23 through May 3rd! The Historic New Orleans Collection will have their tent set up with Michael P. Smith reproductions available for purchase. We print hundreds of reproductions each year for this event. If you’re in New Orleans, stop by the tent to browse the beautiful and historic pieces by Michael P. Smith. Can’t go to the festival? Visit us online at RequestAPrint to browse our galleries, order pieces you love and have them shipped to you directly. Every sale financially benefits the museum!   https://www.requestaprint.net/thnoc/index.php

Who was Michael P. Smith?
During his nearly forty-year career, photographer Michael P. Smith (1937-2008) immersed himself in the larger world of New Orleans’s musical culture. At public events, from music festivals and concerts to street parades both mournful and celebratory, Smith was there with his Nikon cameras and, in later years, a tape recorder. Beyond his public presence, Smith earned the trust of musicians and churchgoers who let him into their private lives. These relationships allowed him to create a photographic record bearing witness to often elusive cultural and spiritual events. Though documentary in style, his photographs transcend the mere description of their subjects, pushing viewers to consider the cultural diversity of the world around them.