Photos: Dirty Linen Night's fun, funky vibes hit the French Quarter

Fine art body painter Craig Tracy, who is known as judge for the body painting reality television series Skin Wars, holds a live painting session of model Tori Benoit for Dirty Linen Night in the French Quarter on Royal Street in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Dirty Linen Night is when galleries on Royal Street open their doors to the general public allowing people to browse down the street. It follows a week after White Linen Night where galleries in Warehouse District similarly open the doors, however people are allowed to wear any clothing for Dirty Linen Night instead of the suggested white linen. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Photos: Dirty Linen Night’s fun, funky vibes hit the French Quarter

Dirty Linen Night served up a cooler, more laid back artsy offering Saturday night.

by Matthew Hinton | August 13, 2019

If White Linen Night was too “uppity”, don’t worry. Now that those tidy whitey’s are a little dingy, Dirty Linen Night served up a cooler, more laid back artsy offering in the French Quarter Saturday.

If you missed it, check out these pictures from an exhibition by body painter Craig Tracy, of ‘Skin Wars’ fame, and scenes from around the Quarter that night:

Stefan Poole plays saxophone as fine art body painter Craig Tracy, who is known as judge for the body painting reality television series Skin Wars, holds a live painting session of model Tori Benoit for Dirty Linen Night in the French Quarter on Royal Street in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Dirty Linen Night is when galleries on Royal Street open their doors to the general public allowing people to browse down the street. It follows a week after White Linen Night where galleries in Warehouse District similarly open the doors, however people are allowed to wear any clothing for Dirty Linen Night instead of the suggested white linen. Photo by Matthew Hinton

People browse galleries during Dirty Linen Night in the French Quarter on Royal Street in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Dirty Linen Night is when galleries on Royal Street open their doors to the general public allowing people to browse down the street. It follows a week after White Linen Night where galleries in Warehouse District similarly open the doors, however people are allowed to wear any clothing for Dirty Linen Night instead of the suggested white linen. Photo by Matthew Hinton

James McClaskey and His Rhythm Band perform in the Antieau Gallery as people browse galleries during Dirty Linen Night in the French Quarter on Royal Street in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Dirty Linen Night is when galleries on Royal Street open their doors to the general public allowing people to browse down the street. It follows a week after White Linen Night where galleries in Warehouse District similarly open the doors, however people are allowed to wear any clothing for Dirty Linen Night instead of the suggested white linen. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Living women act like mannequins at the Alquimie Studio as people browse galleries during Dirty Linen Night in the French Quarter on Royal Street in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Dirty Linen Night is when galleries on Royal Street open their doors to the general public allowing people to browse down the street. It follows a week after White Linen Night where galleries in Warehouse District similarly open the doors, however people are allowed to wear any clothing for Dirty Linen Night instead of the suggested white linen. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.