Perhaps the most renowned photographer of South Louisiana, Fonville Winans was famous for capturing the culture of South Louisiana during the 1930s. Among numerous others, he shot black and white series of Grand Isle, Cajun culture, LSU and scenes in Louisiana after a rare snow storm. 
In addition, Fonville had a studio in Baton Rouge from 1941-1991, where he photographed individual portraits - it was a big deal to have a photograph by Fonville. Fonville shot portraits of both my mother and father as toddlers.
I've heard he was a lover of all women and many ladies believed him to be undressing them with his eyes during their photo session.
The equally famous Louisianian Chef John Folse has imitated Fonville's shots for the covers of his cookbooks.
Thanks to his son Bob, web surfers can now view thousands of his photos for free on Fonville Winan's photostream on flickr. To get there visit http://www.fonvillewinans.com/ and click on Flickr Gallery icon on the left hand side.
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