Post Katrina: Photos from the Reunion Project
9th Ward Landscape #1
A destroyed home in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans, September 2005.
9th Ward Landscape #4
A destroyed home in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans, September 2005.
9th Ward Landscape #15
A portrait of Jesus lodged in a fence on an abandoned block in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans, September 2005. A light leak in my dropped camera produced the orange "fire" affect at the bottom of the frame. I love slide film.
Edna
Edna Lee hollers at the camera in October 2006 while a friend plays in the paper mess scraped out of New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School's new building.
Judy
Judy stares into the camera in October 2006 while her friends strike poses in the paper mess scraped out of New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School's new building.
9th Ward Landscape #7
A stuffed animal grabs onto a fire hydrant on an abandoned block in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans in spring of 2006.
9th Ward Interior #10
Black mold and high water marks scar the living room of this lower 9th Ward home in New Orleans in September of 2005. Most of the city was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina.
9th Ward Landscape #3
Moldy clothes hang outside a home in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans, September 2005.
Sean
A student at New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School photographed in front of the campus storage shed in spring 2006.
Shrimp Boat
An abandoned shrimp boat sits in a field in September 2005, left when flood waters receded.
9th Ward Landscape #6
A small statue of Jesus sits on the front step of a house inspected by the National Guard -- as evidenced by the spray-painted markings on the home's siding-- in fall of 2005.
9th Ward Landscape #8
Small American flags float in a puddle near a destroyed 9th Ward home in October 2005.
9th Ward Landscape #11
A destroyed home and an overturned truck rest on an abandoned block in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans in September 2005.
9th Ward Landscape #12
A destroyed home in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, September 2005.
9th Ward Interior #9
Water marks mar a wall of wedding photos in a destroyed home in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans, September 2005.
9th Ward Interior #22: Birthday Party
Signs of a birthday party lie in a rotting home in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans in September 2005.
School Supplies
Students climb a mountain of moldy chairs piled up outside the building that would become New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School.
9th Ward Landscape #20
A stuffed animal floats in a puddle on an abandoned block in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans in September of 2005.
9th Ward Interior #3
Wrecked pews fill a church in the lower 9th Ward in November of 2005.
Mary
Mary, a volunteer at Camp Hope in Violet, Louisiana poses for a photo by the bayou crossing the St. Bernard highway heading south from New Orleans. Hundreds of volunteers pitched tents at Camp Hope to feed and shelter locals disenfranchised by Hurricane Katrina.
9th Ward Interior #19: Piano
A water-logged piano rots in a destroyed home in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans in September of 2005.
Painting of Jesus Carrying a Man Lodged in a Tree
A painting of Jesus carrying a man on the shore is lodged in a tree in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans in September of 2005.
Cups
Tea cups and a bucket lie near a destroyed home in Violet, Louisiana in May of 2006.
Trees in Violet Louisiana
Sun breaks through the trees surrounding Camp Hope in Violet, Louisiana in February of 2006.
Washed Away
Kevin Britt, a volunteer relief worker at Camp Hope, sits in August of 2006 on the front steps of a home washed away by the flood caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Ninth Ward Landscape #27
A home in the upper 9th ward in fall of 2006. 35mm Ektachrome.