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.
Haunted NOLA: The Old Carrollton Jail & The Ghostly Prisoners That Can’t Escape
Furniture moving, unexplainable ghostly hands and gruesome ghost sightings surround the tale of the Old Carrollton Jail.
Haunted NOLA: Slaughter at the Sultan’s French Quarter Palace, Gardette-LePretre House
Blood pouring into the streets, scores of hacked limbs strewn about a stately mansion, a Sultan’s brother buried alive in the garden. Wild parties, foreign intrigue, mass murder, brutal revenge! Sex! Pirates! And in the aftermath, the macabre haunting of one of the French Quarter’s most venerable buildings.
PHOTOS: New Orleans learns to live together apart #SocialDistancing
From an impromptu duet on Frenchmen Street to a social distanced gathering in Audubon Park to one-on-one confession in Lakeview to an eerily empty Jackson Square, New Orleanians spent the weekend learning to be together apart.
PHOTOS: French Quarter sits empty after bars shut down, gatherings banned
Instead of the usual St. Patrick’s Day crowds, Bourbon Street sat empty Tuesday evening, the day after the state shut down bars and curtailed restaurant operations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Staying Open: These Freret Street Restaurants Want You To Stop By
When the state’s new rules governing their operation came down, many of the restaurants on Freret Street between Jefferson and Napoleon Avenues did what New Orleanians do best — they adjusted and adapted.
PHOTOS: Due to COVID-19, Bourbon Street bars closed their doors at midnight
In a city that barely sleeps, Mayor LaToya Cantrell asked owners to have last call at 11:15 p.m., and that the number of patrons allowed in bars or nightclubs be reduced by 50 percent in an effort to increase social distancing and curb the spread of COVID-19.
PHOTOS: Students pack up as local colleges transition online
Students gathered their belongings as local universities transitioned to online courses and area businesses began announcing closures due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Haunted NOLA: The ghost of New Orleans monk Pere Dagobert de Longuory is one of the most frequently seen (and heard) spirits
Pere Dagobert’s tale is one of a heroic, singing 18th-century icon who clearly loves New Orleans too much to leave it.
PICS: Dachshunds dash at the Fair Grounds 2020 Wiener Dog Race
It was wiener take all as packs of dachshunds thundered down the track at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots to determine which hot dog would overcome the long odds and be crowned this year’s fastest four-footed frank.
Photos: NOPD clears out Bourbon Street and Mardi Gras is officially over
Bike cops and mounted officers line up as New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Police Chief Shaun Ferguson and representatives from several state and local police departments as well as first responders prepare to perform the traditional and largely symbolic midnight sweep of Bourbon Street to mark the end of Mardi Gras.