Adam Falgout
From the book "Frozen in Time" by photographer Adam Falgout, who documented the rare Louisiana snowfall of January 2025.
One January morning across Louisiana, everyone slowly blinked open their eyes and rushed to the windows like storybook characters. But no matter how many forecasts had warned or how much preparation had been made, nothing could have readied the region for waking up to find the bayou suspended in a snow globe. On January 21, 2025, more than ten inches of snow blanketed Lafayette. Some reveled in the silence and stillness; others bundled up in every layer they owned and dove headfirst into their historic snow day. One thing was certain, everyone took pictures. The ways our Acadiana artists, in particular, chose to capture the day was endlessly mesmerizing.
Adam Falgout
From the book "Frozen in Time" by photographer Adam Falgout, who documented the rare Louisiana snowfall of January 2025.
Photographer Adam Falgout was among them, turning his lens toward some of Acadiana’s most iconic landmarks and memorializing them in a photography book titled Frozen in Time.
"The resulting collection feels like slipping into Narnia—if only the wardrobe were tucked inside the Blue Moon Saloon."
For Falgout, the morning began with pure excitement. He remembers thinking, “I have to go get my kids, and we have to go on an adventure right away!” The moment he stepped outside, he knew this was a day everyone would want to remember forever. What began as a spontaneous outing quickly turned into more. “After venturing out with my kids and seeing everything, I knew I had to take photos to immortalize it,” he said. Camera in hand, Falgout set out to familiar corners of Acadiana, now transformed under a blanket of white.
Adam Falgout
From the book "Frozen in Time" by photographer Adam Falgout, who documented the rare Louisiana snowfall of January 2025.
The resulting collection feels like slipping into Narnia—if only the wardrobe were tucked inside the Blue Moon Saloon. Most of the images in Frozen in Time center around the UL Lafayette campus area, each one capturing the gorgeous uncanniness of familiar places momentarily transformed. People wandered through the Saint Streets in improvised snow gear, layered over pieces of old Courir de Mardi Gras costumes. Others caught air on snowboards down Orlando Mountain at Moncus Park. And perhaps most striking of all was the fever dream of seeing the swamp on UL’s campus, usually home to sunbathing gators, frozen over beneath a blanket of freshly fallen snow.
Adam Falgout
From the book "Frozen in Time" by photographer Adam Falgout, who documented the rare Louisiana snowfall of January 2025.
Born and raised in Lafayette, Falgout has always had an eye for seeing the familiar in new ways.
His interest in photography began as a teenager, when his dad bought a camera “just for fun.” Out of six siblings, he was the only one who picked it up. “I enjoyed playing around and figuring it out,” he said. Still, he never expected it to become a career. That changed in 2007, when his photographer ex double-booked a wedding and asked him to photograph one so she wouldn’t have to issue a refund. “I never looked back,” he said.
“I think the giant oak trees ended up being my favorites. They reminded me of powdered beignets, and you don’t really see oak trees covered in snow.” —Adam Falgout
Adam Falgout
From the book "Frozen in Time" by photographer Adam Falgout, who documented the rare Louisiana snowfall of January 2025.
His approach to photography is, as he describes it, almost mathematical. He sees angles in his mind before ever lifting the camera, visualizing multiple vantage points at once. “It all happens in my head before I ever look through the camera,” he explained. Even with that near-scientific precision, a day as dreamlike as January 21 brought its own surprises. “I think the giant oak trees ended up being my favorites,” he said. “They reminded me of powdered beignets, and you don’t really see oak trees covered in snow.”
Adam Falgout
From the book "Frozen in Time" by photographer Adam Falgout, who documented the rare Louisiana snowfall of January 2025.
When it came time to turn his images into a book, Falgout kept the process simple. He designed the layout himself, uploaded it to a professional lab, and let the prints speak for themselves. The hardest part, he said, was choosing which photos made the cut. “Basically, any photo that stood out to me as ‘you’ll probably never see that again’ made it in the book.”
Frozen in Time is just that, a collection of fleeting once-in-a-lifetime moments, stitched together through the lens of someone who saw an unbelievable day and managed to freeze it, forever, in time.
Relive Lafayette’s once-in-a-lifetime snow day. Find Frozen in Time at gallery.adamfalgout.com.
