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Katrina 366 - A year and a day in the life of a Hurricane.

366 images Created 30 Oct 2014

August 29th, 2015 marked the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

10 years ago, from the day before the storm hit to the 1st anniversary, I immersed myself in the storm, its impact, aftermath and the struggle the people and the city experienced as they fought to return and rebuild.

The project 'Katrina 366' is not a 'shot a day,' it is the culmination of a year and a day relentlessly heading out to shoot photographs in and around New Orleans and the region in an effort to document and try to better understand what happened and how we might better prepare for the next '100 year storm.'

I had always hoped to publish the book 'Katrina 366,' however with rarely any available spare time and limited finances, the task continues to prove elusive. Images from this project have been published worldwide and have appeared on the cover of Newsweek, in books such as the original version of Chris Rose's 'One Dead in Attic,' and in both Spike Lee's movies - 'When the Levees Broke' and 'If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise.'

The show 'Katrina 366' was originally hosted at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery,' and toured the country. Various museums and galleries hold prints and certain images appeared as part of the 10 year anniversary commemmorations. Six images were hung at the REVERB show at the Contemporary Art Center which opened on White Linen Night, August 1st, 2015 and showed until November 2015. Work also appeared in the Lower 9th ward and in Maryland for the 10 year anniversary.

My work didn't just end at the 1st anniversary of hurricane Katrina. I have continued to document the struggle to rebuild and return for the past decade. Many of these images remain in archives and on hard drives yet to be edited and uploaded to the website as the constant day to day struggle to survive in this business takes precedence over those things that have gone before.

One of the things I hope to do is be able to track down many of the people who appear in some of these images and I hope that by sharing them it will be possible to reconnect and discover how their lives have changed all these years later. To this end, please feel free to share this through your social media networks if you would be so kind?

If you appear in any of the images or if you know someone who does, please get in touch in order that we might meet again.

Thank you for taking the time to look through the gallery.

For a review of the show please visit; http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/flood-of-images/Content?oid=1246452
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  • 28th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Gwendolyn Maguire with her children Ronjae, 2yrs and Ron, 3yrs wait with all their belongings outside the Superdome.
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  • 28th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. The eerily deserted streets of downtown New Orleans just hours before the devastating storm changed things forever.
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  • 28th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Thousands of people seek shelter inside the New Orleans Saints' Superdome the night before the storm hit.
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  • 28th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Thousands of people seek shelter inside the New Orleans Saints' Superdome the night before the storm hit. Officials brought people in from the rain and searched them for drugs, weapons and alcohol before permitting them inside the Superdome.
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  • 28th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Thousands of people sought shelter inside the New Orleans Saints' Superdome the night before the storm hit. Elderly and infirm patients, taken from hospitals and nursing homes were pushed against walls leading to the playing surface.
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  • 28th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. A man watches the approaching storm in sleeping quarters with thousands of people taking shelter in the Hyatt, New Orleans on the eve of the storm.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Mayor Ray Nagin and top city councillors listen to the latest reports coming in on the emergency services radio.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. The tail end of Katrina rages outside the 25th floor of the Hyatt Hotel in downtown New Orleans.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. The lower 9th ward disappears under water.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. The lower 9th ward disappears under water.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. A man is rescued from the lower 9th ward after it disappeared under water.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Rescuers collect stranded residents of the lower 9th ward after it disappeared under water.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. A victim of the catastropic flooding bobs in the murky water in the lower 9th ward.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Rescuers collect Arthur White who smashed his way out of his attic when he became  trapped in his house in the lower 9th ward as it disappeared under water.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Rescuers collect Faith Figueroa (1yrs), saved by local police and firefighters from her family's flooded home in the lower 9th ward.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Fireman Neil Dugas helps 92yr old Irma Simmons evacuate the lower 9th ward after it suffered catastrophic flooding.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. An injured man from the lower 9th ward is treated for his injuries. The lower 9th suffered catastrophic flooding.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Refugees from the flooding board vehicles for the Superdome.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. An ambulance races along Interstate 10 ferrying victims from the Lower 9th ward back into the city.
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. The calm after the storm. Few lights shine out from the Crescent City in an eerie darkness following Katrina.
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  • 30th August, 2005. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. national guardsmen encounter hundreds of refugees from the lower 9th ward awaiting transportation to the refugee camp that is the Superdome. The thousands of people gathered on the only high ground they could find at the St Claud avenue bridge.
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  • 30th August, 2005. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Desperation on the faces of the newly homeless as they plead for space on army transport to get them out of the lower 9th ward.
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  • 30th August, 2005. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Pastor T.L Robinson of Victory Praise ministries on the refugee bus from the lower 9th ward to the Superdome. Mr Robinson left lost his wife in the storm and has no idea if she may be alive?
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  • 30th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Tensions run high. A drunk woman (left) starts a fight with another woman on an army refugee truck taking people from the devastated lower 9th ward to the Superdome in New Orleans.
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