NEW ORLEANS – ESSENCE has unveiled four new covers for its 2024 July/August magazine issue to commemorate 30 years of the ESSENCE Festival Of Culture. The newest cover and cover story titled, “Dear New Orleans,” is a love letter to the people, places and spaces of The Big Easy with breathtaking photography captured by New Orleans native and esteemed filmmaker of “Katrina Babies,” Buck Edwards, which showcases the freedom and beauty of the traditions created from the heart of African-American and Indigenous New Orleans communities.
To view the full story, see: HERE.
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