Emile Navarre was an award-winning photographer, served on the Mandeville City Council, and worked on the Mandeville Banner newspaper before he opened his own photography studio in Mandeville in 1976.
I worked with him on the Mandeville Banner newspaper, and after I left to become editor of the St. Tammany Farmer, he was named editor of the News Banner. He was pleased when a picture he took of an accident on the causeway was printed on the front page of the New York Times.
He went on to bigger and better things, however, as his photography skills prompted him to open his own studio and get into advertising and promotions. He also became very active in local and regional professional photography organizations.
In 1991 Navarre was president of the Mandeville Chamber of Commerce, the grand marshal of the Krewe of Orpheus, and President of the Professional Photographers of Louisiana association.
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Emile Navarre's portraits showed his studio lighting and darkroom skills
Emile Navarre
Emile died on Thursday, October 10, 2002 at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. He was a native of New Orleans, LA and a resident of Mandeville, LA for 26 years.
