My Louisiana Gallery Photo Gallery by Coleen Perilloux Landry at pbase.com

My Louisiana Gallery

This gallery is of scenes and people that make up "my Louisiana" as seen through my eyes and my camera's lens. (See also the gallery "Louisiana's Great River Road")
It is the State of my birth. It is the place that the first Perilloux arrived in New Orleans from France in 1740 and it is the state where family, home and heritage are dear in the hearts of its people. My German ancestors arrived about the same time and settled in the Mississippi River region known as the German Coast.
If you click on the small photo you will get a full sized photo. Please scroll down and read the history or story under the photo. Leave a comment if you so desire, too!
ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHTED AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ME.

Rienzi	Oak Alley from a higher view	Destrehan Manor House	Mary Plantation
Houmas House with large live oak	Magnolia Mound	Home Place Plantation House	Oak Alley Plantation
San Francisco Plantation House	Frenier on Lake Pontchartrain	Louisiana Bayou	Laura Plantation
St. Joseph Plantation Decorated for Christmas	Evergreen Plantation	Ormond Plantation on the Great River Road	Louisiana State University Campanelle
St. Joseph's Church Decorated for Christmas	A Rural Cemetery in Montz, Louisiana	St. Joseph's Abbey Church	St. Mary's Church
Garconniere at Houma's House	Elvina	LaBranche Plantation	Seven Oaks
Destrehan Plantation	San Francisco Plantation House	Louisiana Secession Flag--mid 1800's	Louisiana Pelicans
Shrimp Boats	Crawfish Boil	Little Lighthouse on the River	Old Men and the Sea
Sugar Refinery in Raceland	D'estrehan Manor House	St. Charles Borromeo Church - Little Red Church	Fiddler in the Cajun Band
Someone's paradise	Zephirin L. Perilloux Firehouse Cupola	Vetiver	J. J. Mac Reine House_est. 1900
Woodland Plantation House	Reine House - Five Oaks	J. J. Reine Place	Fond recollections
Destrehan Plantation Cistern	A Harbor Restaurant Before Katrina Photographed in June, 2005-All Gone	Hurricane George aftermath	Louisiana Blue Crabs Fresh from Lake Pontchartrain
Andouille Making	Spirit of Louisiana	Andouille - Smoking Sausage in Centuries Old German Tradition	Houmas House - Free Standing Staircase
Moon Rises as the Sun Sets	A Crabber on Lake des Allemands at Evening Tide	Going Home in the Evening	Fort Pike Built in 1819
A Birdseye View Inside Fort Pike	:: Carville's Leprosarium, A Place of Hope and Sorrow ::	Parlange in Pointe Coupee Parish	Laura Plantation's Front Gallery
Jefferson College in St. James Parish	St. Michael's Church and Rectory	Evergreen Plantation Live Oaks - You Cannot Lock Out the Beauty	Evergreen Plantation
Cypress at Sunset	Madisonville Lighthouse on Lake Maurepas at Tchefuncte River	The Louisiana-Mississippi Line	Little House on the Bayou
The Cheramie House	"Come to the Church in the Wild Wood"	St. Gabriel Church and Cemetery	The Sacrament of Confirmation
Madewood Plantation	A Louisiana German Coast Tradition	St. John's Cathedral	Southern Night
LeJeune House	Ardoyne Plantation	St. George Plantation	Louisiana Pelicans in Fog
Drilling for Oil and Gas in the Wetlands	Ormond	Magnolia Mound	Veterans Memorial Bridge over Mississippi River
Louisiana Preservationists	Louisiana in the Spring - Crawfish and Shrimp Boil	Pigeonniere at Parlange Plantation	Harmless, You Say
Petite Garconierre	Hope Haven- once an orphanage	Atchafalaya Basin at Flood Stage	Felicity Plantation
Felicity Plantation	St. Joseph's Catholic Church	Homeplace	Chalmette Battlefield
Sugar Kettle - part of history	Destrehan Plantation	Village of Jean Lafitte	Wee Little House
A House Named Perique	St. Michael's Church	Downriver side of a house named Perique	My Louisiana
Sugar Cane Crop in Southeast Louisiana	Southeast Louisiana Swamp in Springtime	Cows in a pasture

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MJ Mencer		29-Aug-2014 19:59
Ms Landry - Thank you for all your mesmerizing photos and the history - also the awareness of the leprosarium. So much history and the stories mof living breathing families is lost if no one cares. And people are the history of mankind. we need more photographers that go searching and authors who have the passion. Does James Mitchner come to mind? THANK YOU!!!!

Madeline Coble		12-Nov-2013 15:17
Hi Ms Landry. I have been searching the internet for answers. I am a descendant of James Potter Bingay and Marie Francoise Antionette Landry. My maternal great, great grandfather was Samuel Fautch Bingay, child of James and Marie. I collected information that James Potter owned a plantation called Rapidan. I am not really sure about this. Supposedly it was owned by his father Benjamin Bingay. They say the house is no longer standing and i would like to know if there are any drawings or possible photos. I see you are a Landry and you are more than likely a relative and you may have some information on this. I would appreciate any information that you may have about my ancestors. Thank you, Madeline

D Landry		14-Sep-2013 02:20
Why does your name sound so familiar to me? I love your website and your valuable knowledge. I shared it on my FB Group, MAJESTIC LADIES OF THE PAST. I hope you don't mind. If you are on FB, it would be an honor to have you as a member.

John Barreiro		22-Jun-2013 20:58
A fine informative gallery. V

joseantonio		26-May-2012 18:16
Excellent gallery. Very nice work

Range View		09-Dec-2011 20:48
A most enjoyable journey to browse your gallery showing the beauty of your Louisianna State Barbara

E. Gail Growe		28-Aug-2011 11:28
Louisiana home sweet home. Missed you!!

Byron Miller		30-Jul-2011 19:29
My heart has recently been warmed again with a love for my home state of Louisiana and your photos have vividly expressed some of the reason for that appreciation and love. Thank you for sharing. God Bless.

MaryBarbara G. Yokum		09-May-2011 04:50
Thank you so much, Coleen. Your photos are wonderful and catch the essence of our beautiful state of Louisiana. There is no place like our beloved state. In sincere appreciation for all you are doing to preserve our memories.

roger fournier		17-Feb-2011 00:27
Merci beaucoup pour ce voyage en Louisiane superbement illustré

Guest		27-Aug-2010 07:16
Homesick.....again!

laine		09-Nov-2009 02:00
I never tire of looking through these photos. Your Louisiana has something unique about it & your pride shows clearly, Coleen.

Guest		19-Jun-2009 19:01
Coleen -- These photographs are outstanding! Many of them are "my" Louisiana, too. It's a delight to see photos by the only current human member of the Louisiana Live Oak Society. My grandfather was Edwin Lewis Stephens, the founder of the LLOS. And as you may know, he was a photographer, too! (Amateur but prolific) Thanks for bringing back Louisiana to me. --Beverly Stephens Hard Davies, Beverly, MA

Glen Allen		10-Feb-2009 00:09
Great gallery.. looks like a great area well capture.. thnx for sharing

virginiacoastline		09-Feb-2009 23:32
I love this gallery . . it's so expressive of your home you do it proud =)

Ron Asp		09-Jan-2009 06:14
Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful gallery Coleen, someday I hope to make it down in your part of the country.

RC		11-Dec-2008 21:00
I'm a New Orleans native living in California, and your gallery presents a somewhat welcome rush of homesickness! Thank you! Incidentally, are you, by chance, related to the Perrilloux family that lived uptown, in Carrollton area of NO?

Jean-Luc Rollier		19-Sep-2008 08:39
Outstanding collection and great memories for me. I hope you are OK after hurrican... JL V

yannick Beunard		13-Jun-2008 20:41
Great ! and so beautiful , a wonderful gallery !

Michal Leszczynski		11-May-2008 17:52
Wonderful gallery and beautiful photos. V.

Michelynn		21-Apr-2008 16:40
I'm new to Louisiana and I stumbled on your site when looking for pictures of Bonnet Carre. I've been exploring whenever I can, but your comments are so very, very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing!

LynnH		27-Mar-2008 19:54
Really wonderful tribute you've created here. I love your narrations. These photos are colorful and interesting. V.

ESR@ NUR		28-Feb-2008 23:04
I will come with my friends in this summer ((from Turkey)) We joined work and travel programme.We are very lucky:) Lousiana is wonderfull.Thank you for photos and information..Hope to see you.. byee

Cliff Smith		29-Sep-2007 07:31
Coleen, You have a wonderful collection here, full of nostalgia. From mud bugs and sugar cane to the mighty river, from plantation homes to the people who make Louisiana what it is, it is all great to see. My dad's parents migrated to Dallas from Baton Rouge where my grandfather and his daredevel brothers swam in the river as children, swimming into whirlpools and back out before geting sucked down and holding their breath to enter the suction side of the great siphons to get shot up and over the levies and out into the rice paddies. Not surprisingly, one of the brothers drowned in the river as a child. Your images bring back memories of the few trips that I have made to visit family in Baton Rouge and n'orleans. Great work. Keep shooting. Cliff . . . Bedford, Texas

virginiacoastline		12-May-2007 16:25
this is a beautiful and ecclectic collection . . I'll be watching it =) vote-worthy too

Bob Patton		03-Apr-2007 00:25
These, and your other galleries, are among the very best galleries on PBase. The images are wonderful. Ther're not over-saturated post-card types, but beautiful, evocative images that capture the spirit and sense of place that can only be developed over generations. Inspiring!

Wendi & Michi		18-Mar-2007 02:51
Coleen, This is beautiful. My family was born and raised in Southoren California but we fell in love with the rich history, people and beauty of Louisiana. At this very moment my husband is driving across state with our moving truck - ready to start our new lives in Southwest Louisiana. My husband is from Germany and he felt right at home there. Thank you for sharing these pictures. We have had the opportunity to see some of these places and can't wait to keep exploring.

Ali Majdfar		22-Jan-2007 13:46
Spectacular gallery, thanks for sharing. GMV

Bill		16-Jan-2007 14:39
Colleen, Really nice photos. We're blessed in Louisiana to have such a wealth of subjects to photograph. My wife and I went to Eunice this past weekend and took some nice photos at the Savoy Music Center. We had a blast. Bill in Lake Charle

Eric Carr�re		28-Dec-2006 07:28
Such a beautiful place...And you've got a great eye to capture it. Gmv :)

Marijka		26-Nov-2006 16:19
i can see from your slideshow that you are a proud Lousianna native... it is nice to see Lousianna through your eyes... bravo!!

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		04-Oct-2006 23:25
Excellent gallery.

Jean-Claude Liehn		12-Sep-2006 04:18
Interesting gallery. Good use of the sqare format.

Teddy Cooper		24-Jun-2006 07:13
Hi Coleen, my father was from Lake Charles ( 1903 - 1961 ) but I never got the opportunity to visit Louisiana even if my bureau at home cannot hide my origins ! Many thanks for these so evocative pics !

Guest		10-Apr-2006 14:23
Great gallery. vote.

Guest		09-Apr-2006 01:09
A great gallery

G.Pietro Munaretto		16-Mar-2006 15:14
tutte bellissime

carol j. phipps		12-Mar-2006 06:24
Gorgeous gallery. Wonderful work.

Jose Paulo Andrade		16-Dec-2005 11:36
Interesting photos of your state!

Guest		07-Nov-2005 08:10
This collections of your Louisiana are just fantastic Coleen

Guest		23-Oct-2005 02:42
I love your pictures of one of my favorite places on earth. They are truly lovely.

Jose Canovas		25-Aug-2005 08:50
I wish I could be there one day and shot this beautiful land as you did. Thank you for the music!

Guest		22-Aug-2005 13:08
nice collection of photos..

tom		17-Jul-2005 03:50
Thank you and thank you again. I loved it. I live on the coast of Washington State. Our worlds are a ways apart and both stunning. Thanks again. tom

Guest		07-Jul-2005 19:48
very nice gallery

Billie Mercer		09-Jun-2005 14:25
So nice to see more of Lousiana.....more than just the French Quarter.

Guest		16-May-2005 02:40
Beautiful country. Thanks for sharing it through your photos. I'll be back soon to look them all more slowly.

Guest		08-May-2005 01:18
Hi Coleen: Your pics give an excellent sense of the place by simply layed out images. I particularly liked Reine house, Cedars with window, and J.J.Mac Reine House. I never thought before that Louisiana would be so evocative and pretty! You have breathed life into the locations. JARIS

Guest		27-Dec-2004 11:07
some very nice details here that really evoke the spirit of the place.

Enrique		17-Dec-2004 05:44
You capture a beutiful Louisiana. I've got to get back there and click away.

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