Stephanie Porras

@periodeye.bsky.social

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Art historian @ Tulane. Working on visual, material and built cultures of early modern Northern Europe, the Spanish empire and the Dutch Atlantic. Never too busy for a happy hour. My employer really wants me to note: all these views are mine not theirs.

Magbific by whale shark and ray at Georgia aquarium
Lalo Alcaraz, summer of ICE (abandoned Paleta cart), 2026 - small scale, oil, painting of an handheld ice cream wagon abandoned on a sidewalk in front of a home
Rice beans tacos - asada, chicken and birria
Asada chicken and birria tacos and beans and rice
A bright blue supposedly small truck that this 5’2” person has to heave herself into and jump out of.
Installation view of a gallery, with multiple artworks, reflecting on the nature of humanity
Plate a beer, plate of squid in black garlic sauce, garlic rice and gising gising, green beans in coconut milk and garlic
Reconstruction of a 1603 galeon. FYI, a group of historians of the galeon trade are the worst group to take on a tour like this cause all we do is find the faults.
Two sisig tacos and a small handful of fries
Full Conference room at UP Diliman
African chicken a chicken thigh coated in spicy peanut sauce and paired w Macau beer
View of a delicious cocktail at the rooftop bar at hotel central, rooftop sign in background and a small neon bedecked cocktail bar w a male waiter in 30s style khakis
Simple white church with yellow pilasters and lighthouse
Detail of ship from S Paul’s Jesuit church facade
Pastel de nata and latte
Fried pork chop on a crusty roll and a cup of milk tea
St. Paul’s the ruins of the Jesuit college
Photo of Korean air Ramen bar with several different kinds of instant Ramen and a hot water dispenser
Coachella Sunday April 27 2003
A painting of 3 calla lilies against a pale blue background
A blue and white ceramic European figure made in China
A novelty boat filled with fries, topped with clam chowder and lobster and bacon. Joy in a basket
In the foreground: a lobster roll and clam chowder, in the background an injury law firm billboard that reads wicked smart lawyers
Printed prayer to st donatus patron saint of air travel storms tempests and climate change in front of a center for Netherlandish art MfA Boston tote
Crowd shot of no kings Nola with Leona Tate speaking
A very good dog playing catch at park and a book in foreground
At the Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia looking at prints with Aaron Hyman
Me at IIE at UNAM with the lovely Dra. Elsa Arroyo who gave a lovely introduction
A delicious cocktail on a condesa rooftop w jacarandas blooming
Map of Manila on interior of chest chest from Puebla
A green lawn with a small man-made lake in the middle ground with Swan shaped paddle boats, palm trees, a crystal blue sky, and the New Orleans Museum of art in the background
A much younger Stephanie with short hair makes a silly face in front of a grinning skeletal figure I the National anthropology museum in CDMX
Jambalaya in process
A very cute black dog who has been caught red handed burrowing into the sheets and thus messing up a freshly made bed
Rear view of thunder katz marching band going down at Charles in pontchartrain
A gorgeous medianoche sandwich w pork, ham, cheese and pickles on brioche, with an iced cafecito in the background
Smol black dog in Star Wars t shirt
Many of his family members fought with the Allied forces against the Germans in World War II, and "I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them," he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. "I am not a pacifist." At 17, he was drafted into the South African Army. A stint of guard duty at the Lenz ammunition dump south of Johannesburg confirmed his suspicions that the government was building nuclear weapons. "From the age of 17, I was hunting the South African bomb," he said at the conference.
Steaming casserole dish of Mac n cheese
Phone number for Sen asshole #2 Kennedy 202 224 4623
View of handels ice cream (raspberry w dark chocolate) and beach with palm trees
Detailed View of Kara walkers unmanned drone showing Jackson’s foot
The original del taco in Barstow CA - this is not a franchise
Al pastor torta w chalupa
A bottl of Broguieres egg nog from montebello
Selfie wearing sweatshirt printed with the hell panel from Boschs Garden of earthly delights, gold hoop earrings w fuck ice on them
An assembly line of Honduran tamale makers
Red chile pork
Pork beginning to cook, chile staring on burner behind w blender and strainer in view
Photo of recently paved straight with black plastic tube, sticking up haphazardly from fresh asphalt
View of Drawathon
Adorable black dog sitting in front of gas heater
chicken and andouille gumbo - the product of many hours of anxiety
Bowl of chicken and andouille gumbo, the product of several hours of anxiety
View of the Eiffel Tower at night
Sculptural students pouring aluminum)
View of the path through Audobon Park full of live Oaks dripping with Spanish moss
Photo of several men in uniform - army and Air Force
My torso wearing a t shirt with a red rose and the words Chicano Batman Los Angeles California