For so many people in New Orleans, the road home has been long and difficult. In almost every neighborhood in town you’ll find blighted, hollow shells of former homes. Some still have markings from Katrina search crews. It’s not unusual to find gutted, empty buildings standing next door to beautiful new homes. Good neighbors take...
So in July 2010 I was back in New Orleans for a conference, and I took a little time to grab shots of Canal Street in the CBD and a couple down New Orleans Avenue in Mid-City. You can definitely see progress downtown, and it looks like a lot of the roadwork is being done...
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. Last...
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 storage...
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) are...
