{{Short description|American photographer (1942–2021)}} {{for|the French army general|Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{notability|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Louis Sahuc | birth_date = October 20, 1942 | birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | death_date = August 14, 2021 | occupation = Photographer | known_for = Photography in "Orléans Embrace with the Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré" | notable_works = Orléans Embrace with the Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré, Galatoire's Cookbook | awards = Double gold at the PMA Benjamin Franklin Awards (2007) }} '''Louis Sahuc''' (October 20, 1942<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=John H. |date=September 12, 2012 |title=Louis Sahuc |url=https://64parishes.org/entry/louis-sahuc |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=64 Parishes}}</ref> – August 14, 2021<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/arts/article_c5384dc6-fd35-11eb-bed3-8fbf2c1fec2d.html|title=Friends second-line to celebrate well-known French Quarter photographer; then he died|access-date=July 10, 2022}}</ref>) was an American photographer, a lifelong New Orleanian who resides in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Sahuc lived in one of the Pontalba Buildings, facing Jackson Square, an historic park also known as Place d' Armes described by Sahuc as, "a cesspool of bad art, bad music and bad people."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/12/lower_pontalba_building_rent_h.html|title = Lower Pontalba apartment rent hike stirs unrest among residents; see what tenants are paying}}</ref> Sahuc was a contributor to the nationally released multi-award-winning book ''Orléans Embrace with the Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré'',<ref>Publishers Weekly, "The Year in Awards", 31 December 2007, Benjamin Franklin Awards, ''Orleans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré''.</ref> a compendium with authors TJ Fisher and Roy F. Guste, Jr.
The narrative and pictorial book garnered double gold at the prestigious Publishers Marketing Association PMA Benjamin Franklin Awards 2007 for "The Best New Voice Nonfiction" and "The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book Nonfiction". Sahuc's photography is also featured in Galatoire's Cookbook. Sahuc spent much of his storied career capturing what is unique about his hometown – the architecture, misty mornings and people. ''Black and White Photography Magazine'' lauded Sahuc as a master of romantic impressionist photography.
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