Matthew.Hinton

07/29/2024

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In an attempt to earn the full freedom and equality of the white caste, Captain André Cailloux fought in the Battle at Port Hudson, Louisiana, in 1863 becoming the first widely publicized Black Civil War hero. His funeral was the largest procession the city had seen at the time, and is considered b...

04/08/2024

Based on my camera's metadata, I saw about 17 seconds of the partial solar eclipse before the clouds covered it up in Metairie, La. in the Greater New Orleans area.

11/18/2021

I am honored to receive 2nd Place in Sports Feature at the 2021 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar.
Congratulations to the rest of the winners. The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar is America’s longest continuously operating photojournalism conference and annually hosts an international photography competition that receives entries from the world's top photojournalists. Photo by freelancer for
Thanks Gerald Herbert and Mike Stewart
Caption: Georgia Southern head coach Chad Lunsford celebrates his team's victory over Louisiana Tech in the New Orleans Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.

05/03/2021

03/28/2021

Rest in peace Young Maasai Hunters Big Chief Keelian “Dump” Boyd, Sr., who was also a part of Monogram Hunters. The white suit with masks is from Super Sunday 2019. Boyd gives a kiss to his uncle, Big Chief Tyrone “Pie” Stevenson, as he helps Big Chief Pie with his suit a few hours before the Mardi Gras Indians Uptown Super Sunday in New Orleans in 2014. Boyd is also seen here singing to the tambourine of Monogram Hunters Chief Jeremy Stevenson. The Stevensons and Boyd are renowned for three-dimensional bead formations. Yellow suit from Jazz Fest 2014. Photo by for

03/15/2021

Drew Brees retires. Photos by

03/02/2021

Congratulations to New Orleans native Jon Batiste for winning the 2021 Golden Globe for best original score for the Pixar film “Soul” with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Here Batiste performs with Stay Human on the Acura Stage on the second Saturday of Jazz Fest in New Orleans, Saturday, April 30, 2016. Photos by

02/16/2021

Early that mornin’ a house Float came to life on Mardi Gras Day as Big Chief Dow Edwards of the Timbuktu Warriors paraded around the block of his home on Amelia Street in the Riverside neighborhood in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021. The weeks leading up to Mardi Gras Big Chief Dow displayed suits from his time as Spy Boy for the Mohawk Hunters as his house float. The Krewe of House Floats is an initiative to decorate homes during the Carnival season because of the cancellation and postponement of parades and gatherings for Mardi Gras 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Avoiding a crowd and staying off Magazine Street Dow and his gang / tribe of Black Masking Carnival Indians greeted neighbors from a safe distance while being masked up for the COVID-19 pandemic. was accompanied by his War Chief Bennie “Stickman” Russell, pink feathers, 3rd Chief Roderick Mitchell, light pink and purple, Second chief James Payne, white feathers, Gang Flag Milton Wright, green feathers, and wild man Jeffery Vincent, red and black feathers. Photos by for

01/18/2021

"It makes you stronger knowing what you went through to get to where you are right now.”- Leonard Fournette, III. Fournette helped his team win a playoff game by scoring a touchdown and earning 107 combined yards rushing and receiving in the Superdome against the New Orleans Saints Sunday. It was Fournette's first NFL victory in the Superdome. While it was not the result the Who Dat Nation hoped for, it was in many ways a profound victory for him that mirrors the journey of the city. Fifteen and half years ago Fournette and his family slept on the I-10 overpass for five nights in the hot, humid summer of August and September 2005 near the Superdome in the days following the federal levee failures after Hurricane Katrina. The hotel on Canal Street where his family rode out the storm filled with flood waters and eventually caught on fire. 10-year-old Fournette had to help carry his grandmother and cousins through flood water to get to the bridge. He recalled seeing bodies in the water and even saw a guy take the watch off of a dead man. Fournette’s mother recited prayers every night on the bridge and some nights it would rain and they had to pull covers over themselves while wearing the same clothes from days ago. Eventually they were taken to Baton Rouge and then Portland, Texas for a year before deciding to rebuild their family home on the Northshore in Slidell that had been destroyed. The Saints relocated for a time to Texas in San Antonio while the hole in Superdome and other damage was repaired. Fournette’s family rebuilt as did the city and region and he eventually played football for the St. Augustine Purple Knights in New Orleans before playing for LSU. Watching Fournette play in high school was like watching an NFL running back play in high school. He sometimes appeared to fly over a team of defenders. His his life’s journey from the nightmare of Katrina looking out at the damaged Superdome from the I-10 overpass to returning years later to win in the Superdome is a profoundly amazing journey. Congratulations to Leonard Fournette and his family and for New Orleans and to the Saints for returning and rebuilding. Photos by

12/28/2020

Saddened by the news that professional wrestler Jon Huber, known in the ring as both Luke Harper and Mr. Brodie Lee, passed Saturday at age 41, according to a statement from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Here are some of his appearances in New Orleans including Tuesday, June 13, 2017 for WWE SmackDown! in the Smoothie King Center when WWE superstar Luke Harper defeated superstar Aiden English.
Also battling Roman Reigns during WWE Raw at the Smoothie King Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
According to his wife, Amanda Huber, he “passed surrounded by love ones after a hard fought battle with a non-Covid related lung issue.”
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11/08/2020

Before the pandemic, then Democratic Presidential candidate Vice President Joe Biden spots a young drummer as he tours the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) that engages underserved young people through community-based education in New Orleans, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Biden and his wife Jill Biden took time to speak with the young people including a young woman who shared her story. Photos by