A Photographic Record of the Annual Natchitoches Christmas Season 2026

THE 100TH is a limited-edition photographic book documenting the 100th Natchitoches Christmas season through the photography of Jesse D. Poole.

Created throughout the 2026 season, the book will combine an extensive new body of documentary photography with selected images from nearly a decade of Jesse's personal archive and carefully chosen historical material.

The first edition is strictly limited to 100 signed and individually numbered copies.

THE PRINT EDITION — $150 — ONLY 10 AVAILABLE
Signed and numbered First Edition book + signed 8×12 photographic print selected from the finished 100th project.

• Limited to 10 copies
• Signed by Jesse D. Poole
• Individually numbered 1–10
• Documentary photography from the 2026 Christmas season
• Selected photographs from the photographer's archive
• Select historical imagery and context
• Professionally printed and bound
• Estimated delivery: Spring 2027

This is a preorder.

THE 100TH will be photographed throughout the 2026 Natchitoches Christmas season and completed following the conclusion of the season. Final specifications, including dimensions, page count, paper and binding, will be announced as production progresses.

Your preorder directly supports the creation and production of the project.

Only 100 numbered first-edition copies will be produced.

100 YEARS. 100 BOOKS.

For the 100th Natchitoches Christmas season, I'm producing 100 signed and individually numbered First Edition copies of THE 100TH.

When the hundredth copy is claimed, the First Edition is closed.