Uncle Louie, a street performer, busker, busking, posing as a living statue with a young tourist by the Mississippi River, New Orleans French Quarter.
Black man street performer. Busker known as Uncle Louie, busking, posing as a living statue with a young tourist by the Mississipi River, New Orleans French Quarter, Louisiana, USA. Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers. Performances are anything that people find entertaining. Performers may do acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, caricatures, clowning, comedy, contortions, escapology, dance, singing, fire skills, flea circus, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime, living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or reciting poetry or prose, street art such as sketching and painting, street theatre, sword swallowing, and ventriloquism. Source: Wikipedia
Size: 3672px × 5508px
Location: Woldenberg Park, New Orleans, LA
Photo credit: © Rubens Alarcon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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