Share October 2006: The city lights shine bright at 11PM as we sneak photos from Algiers Point Levee on the West Bank. The City that Care Forgot became the City that Volunteers Rebuilt. While the Central Business District and French Quarter were quickly returning to pre-Katrina normalcy, the rest of the town remained dark. Crime...
Share In September 2006 my friend Blaize and I went over to Paris Avenue near our church gathering place and took photos of the dead trees lining the street. On the left you can see the eerie scene, straight out of a horror show. Empty. Dead. The city ripped up the trees several months later....
Share Mississippi and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. My friend and I drove along the Gulf Coast first in February 2006 to survey our hometowns of Long Beach and Escatawpa, Mississippi. Below: a house on the waterfront in Long Beach (top left), the remnants of the Treasure Bay Casino in Gulfport (top middle), and a...
Share Below is the scene in the Lower 9th Ward on July 1, 2006. Ten months after Hurricane Katrina, much of New Orleans hadn’t been touched. To this day you’ll find lots across the city that haven’t been touched since the flood. All photos, except the bottom middle photo (which was taken in nearby Chalmette)...
Share When I first moved back to New Orleans in June 2006 I drove through some of the worst-flooded parts of town: Lakeshore, Gentilly, and Chalmette. Over the course of the next week I’ll be offering a selection of photos from the last 5 years in New Orleans. Below: Residents on Filmore Avenue offer their...
