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  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
One of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
A child discovers one of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss015.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
Two dead catfish make up a small fraction of carnage at the beach.  6 dead stingrays also littered a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
A child discovers one of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss007.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
One of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss006.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
Two dead catfish make up a small fraction of carnage at the beach.  6 dead stingrays also littered a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss127.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
One of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss032.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
One of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss017.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
One of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss016.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
A child discovers one of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss009.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
One of 6 dead stingrays and two dead catfish in just a half mile stretch of beach. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is truly tragic to find so many once fine, now dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss121.JPG
  • 25th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita aftermath, Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm made landfall. Local cajun man Josh Herman (rt) helps locals and neighbours load supplies at Bayou Landing, his father's convenience store, despite the collapsed ceiling to keep people in basic food and supplies.
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
L/R Local man Aaron Stokes helps neighbour Harold Herman to syphon diesel fuel from a 500 gallon drum for use in Harold's generator. Locals helped each other through the aftermath of the storm. Harold wears a T-shirt that reads 'Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler' which translates to 'let the good times roll.'<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Hackberry, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie tour the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm hit. View from local cajun man Aaron Stokes' fathers' roof.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm hit. View from local cajun man Aaron Stokes' fathers' roof.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept 2005, Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Josh Herman (rt) helps locals and neighbours load supplies at Bayou Landing, his father's convenience store, despite the collapsed ceiling to keep people in basic food and supplies. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath, New Orleans, Louisiana. Music returns to the city at the infamous Maple Leaf bar in Uptown New Orleans. Legendary local jazz man Walter 'The Wolfman' Washington (rt) and Tom McDonald (mid) play to residents, some of whom fled the storm and others who rode it out.
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  • 26th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita aftermath, Cameron, Louisiana. The destroyed remains of a downtown business in Cameron, Louisiana two days after the storm ravaged the small town. local man Aaron Stokes from nearby Carlyss surveys the damage with his dog Maggie.
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  • 25th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita aftermath, Cameron, Louisiana. Local man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie walks into the flooded darkness in Carlyss with a can of gasoline for his boat.
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  • 25th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita aftermath, Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after Rita makes landfall. Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie checks on a family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.
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  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
L/R holding wreath. Local officials, Reverend Willie Calhoun, former councilwoman Cynthia Willard Lewis and Councilman James Gray at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hirricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 12 April 2012. Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. .Attorney's John Jopling (red tie) and Stephen Teague of the Mississippi Center for Justice. Representing clients for free, the local advocacy law clinic has been relentless in pursuing BP to pay out on obligations to make the community whole again. Yet two years later, thousands of families impacted by the spill continue to await compensation for the loss of their businesses and the overflow of grief the Macondo Well blow out visited upon the region..April 20th is the 2nd anniversary of the spill..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 26 Jan 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana USA. .A young boy holds a toy gun at a community meeting held at a school on the same block of an attempted carjacking turned homicide. Residents gathered to grill NOPD Chief Ronal Serpas and elected officials. Yesterday local good samaritan Harry 'Mike' Ainsworth was shot and killed as he attempted to foil a carjacking outside the school at 7.00am. His children, aged 9 & 11 sobbed as he died in their arms..Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after Rita makes landfall. Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie checks on a family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and friend Chase Reider put in their boat to tour the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 Sept, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Music returns to the city at the infamous Maple Leaf bar in Uptown New Orleans. Legendary local jazz man Walter 'The Wolfman' Washington (left) plays to residents, some of whom fled the storm and others who rode it out.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26th Sept, 2005.  Cameron, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
The destroyed remains of a downtown business in Cameron, Louisiana two days after the storm ravaged the small town. local man Aaron Stokes from nearby Carlyss surveys the damage with his dog Maggie.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26th Sept, 2005.  Cameron, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath.<br />
The destroyed remains of a downtown business in Cameron, Louisiana two days after the storm ravaged the small town. local man Aaron Stokes from nearby Carlyss surveys the damage with his dog Maggie.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
 Local PNT Supermarket in the Marigny neighbourhood re-opens as small businesses slowly return to the city.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 03 Oct, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
Local resident Michelle Elise gives food and water to a hungry, abandoned duck on the shores of Lake Pontchatrain in Lakeshore, New Orleans.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Cameron, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie walks into the flooded darkness in Carlyss with a can of gasoline for his boat.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    25 sept 05050.JPG
  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    25 sept 05049.JPG
  • 25 Sept, 2005. Cameron, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local man Aaron Stokes from nearby Carlyss surveys the damage at Hackberry on the way to hard hit Cameron. A shrimp boat lies awkwardly against a dock.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm hit. View from local cajun man Aaron Stokes' fathers' roof.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm hit. View from local cajun man Aaron Stokes' fathers' roof.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    25 sept 05021.JPG
  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
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Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after Rita makes landfall. Family home of local cajun man Aaron Stokes, ravaged by the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after Rita makes landfall. Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie checks on a family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes. He comes across a bicycle under the water.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes checks on a family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
 Local cajun man Chase Reider takes his boat to unload meat from a family convenience store to a family home where a generator powering freezers and refrigerators will stop the meat from spoiling.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
 Local cajun man Josh Herman tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes. He also removed perishable items from his father's convenience store to place in a freezer run by a generator nearby.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept 2005, Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
 Local cajun man Harold Herman (behind counter) opens Bayou Landing, his convenience store to neighbours, despite the collapsed ceiling to keep people in basic food and supplies. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept 2005, Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Harold Herman (behind counter) opens Bayou Landing, his convenience store to neighbours, despite the collapsed ceiling to keep people in basic food and supplies. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    25 sept 05011.JPG
  • 30 Sept, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Music returns to the city at the infamous Maple Leaf bar in Uptown New Orleans. Legendary local jazz man Walter 'The Wolfman' Washington (left) plays to residents, some of whom fled the storm and others who rode it out.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 Sept, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Music returns to the city at the infamous Maple Leaf bar in Uptown New Orleans. Legendary local jazz man Walter 'The Wolfman' Washington (left) plays to residents, some of whom fled the storm and others who rode it out.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    30sept05-post katrina086.JPG
  • 30 Sept, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Music returns to the city at the infamous Maple Leaf bar in Uptown New Orleans. Legendary local jazz man Walter 'The Wolfman' Washington (left) plays to residents, some of whom fled the storm and others who rode it out.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    30sept05-post katrina084.JPG
  • 30 Sept, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Music returns to the city at the infamous Maple Leaf bar in Uptown New Orleans. Legendary local jazz man Walter 'The Wolfman' Washington (left) plays to residents, some of whom fled the storm and others who rode it out.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    30sept05-post katrina079.JPG
  • 30 Sept, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
A local resident who just returned to the city stocks up on some basic supplies at an uptown Walgreens as business and people move back into New Orleans.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    30sept05-post katrina008.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. South Beach, Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
One of many Government planes overhead, returning to shore on a constant shuttle of dispersant spraying missions  as locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach, an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands just offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil, threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
Locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach, just an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands just offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil, threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss025.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
A child enjoys a wonderful day at the beach, possibly one of the last for many years to come. Locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach,  an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss140.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
Government boats roar past on their way to check barrier islands for oil as locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach, an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands just offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil, threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss136.JPG
  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Friends and relatives help neighbour Harold Herman (white t/rt) to syphon diesel fuel from a 500 gallon drum for use in his generator. Locals helped each other through the aftermath of the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Friends and relatives help neighbour Harold Herman (white t/rt) to syphon diesel fuel from a 500 gallon drum for use in his generator. Locals helped each other through the aftermath of the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    25 sept 05051.JPG
  • 09 May 2010. South Beach, Waveland, Mississippi USA. <br />
Wildlife abounds on the beaches. The 'laughing gull' colonies are in the middle of spring nesting. All wildlife is potentially threatened by the oil slick in the gulf. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands just offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil, threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09may10-waveland miss132.JPG
  • 18 August. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Radio NOLA HIV 102.3 LPFM.<br />
Musician Paul Sanchez on air.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 18 August. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Radio NOLA HIV 102.3 LPFM.<br />
Chris Rose interviews musician Paul Sanchez on air.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 18 August. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Radio NOLA HIV 102.3 LPFM.<br />
Chris Rose interviews musician Paul Sanchez on air.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 18 August. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Radio NOLA HIV 102.3 LPFM.<br />
Station manager Andrew Ward (l) and Chris Rose go over the upcoming show.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • September 12 2006 - New Orleans, Louisiana. Mayor Ray Nagin presides over a meeting at City Hall to present the results of his '100 day plan,' the much touted plan announced the day of his re-election to a second term in office 100 days earlier. At one point in the presentation a Fleur de Lis can be seen projected onto his forehead from the slide show presentation.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • September 12 2006 - New Orleans, Louisiana. Mayor Ray Nagin presides over a meeting at City Hall to present the results of his '100 day plan,' the much touted plan announced the day of his re-election to a second term in office 100 days earlier. At one point in the presentation a Fleur de Lis can be seen projected onto his forehead from the slide show presentation.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 03 December 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Urban 'guerrilla' gardener Clare Southworth is bringing sustainable garden farming to abandoned lots in the Lower 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 03 December 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Urban 'guerrilla' gardener Jamal Elhayek works on bringing sustainable garden farming to abandoned lots in the Lower 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 03 December 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Urban 'guerrilla' gardeners L/R; Jamal Elhayek, Eleanor Warner and Clare Southworth are bringing sustainable garden farming to abandoned lots in the Lower 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Former councilwoman Cynthia Willard Lewis holds a rose as Sherlyn Green is comforted at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hirricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Former councilwoman Cynthia Willard Lewis is handed a rose at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hirricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Officials at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hirricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 30 April 2013. Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  USA. .March on Baton Rouge, Enough is Enough. .Leonal Hardman, President of AFSCME Louisiana Council 17 speaks passionately to protesters. A coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protest what many believe to be the 'Economic and fiscal disaster that is the administration of Governor Bobby Jindal.' Top of the agenda,  Jindal's refusal to accept the expansion of MEDICAID, instead denying coverage to over 400,000 citizens with Jindal refusing to accept federal funding for  'Obamacare.' Slashed state spending on education, social services and critical community based organisations is having far reaching and devastating effects on ordinary and poor citizens in Louisiana..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 30 April 2013. Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  USA. .March on Baton Rouge, Enough is Enough. .Leonal Hardman, President of AFSCME Louisiana Council 17 speaks passionately to protesters. A coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protest what many believe to be the 'Economic and fiscal disaster that is the administration of Governor Bobby Jindal.' Top of the agenda,  Jindal's refusal to accept the expansion of MEDICAID, instead denying coverage to over 400,000 citizens with Jindal refusing to accept federal funding for  'Obamacare.' Slashed state spending on education, social services and critical community based organisations is having far reaching and devastating effects on ordinary and poor citizens in Louisiana..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 30 Sept, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
Locals pass members of the 82nd Airbourne regiment as they patrol on foot in the French Quarter.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward. <br />
People hang outside Galvez Goodies Grocery store and barber shop. Galvez is the only grocery store in the area classified as a 'food desert.' <br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Activists, residents and survivors hold a rally at the site where the levee breached in memory of those who perished in the storm 9 years ago.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Survivors of the storm. L/R; Michael Tenner and Jeffery Mullens join activists, residents and survivors holding a rally at the site where the levee breached in memory of those who perished in the storm 9 years ago.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Activists, residents and survivors hold a rally at the site where the levee breached in memory of those who perished in the storm 9 years ago.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Residents and hurricane Katrina survivors gather at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hurricane Katrina swamped the community 9 years ago today..<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 July 2010. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
A 'floatel' passes by heading inland away from the coast as tropical storm 'Bonnie' threatens the Gulf of Mexico. BP contractors prefer to house clean up crew workers in these floating container motels to save a few lousy dollars rather than station workers on land where they would benefit the local economy. Already reeling from poor decisions and an economic and environmental disaster thanks to BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the corporation continues to oversee economic devastation wreaked on local communities. Private contractors continue to get rich taking BP's cash as local economies flounder. 'Floatels' do not benefit local communities in any way. BP contractors bring all food and supplies to the 'floatels.' In an area both economically and ecologically devastated by BP, this would appear to be yet another slap in the face to struggling local economies - and all to save a few bucks to make a few contractors even wealthier than they already are! This should be a national disgrace. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Perhaps the last of local fresh blue crabs to arrive at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Perhaps the last of local fresh blue crabs to arrive at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast.<br />
Sideny Torres IV, organiser of the event, local businessman and entrepreneur . Local musicians have gathered together in response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the very fabric of an entire region. All proceeds from the event will be used to support local fishing communities and the region.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Perhaps the last of local fresh blue crabs to arrive at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Perhaps the last of local fresh blue crabs to arrive at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 June 2020. South of Calais, France.<br />
Deserted shacks and a deserted caravan are hidden in the sand dunes of a beach south of Calais where local police claim migrants often attempt the treacherous crossing to Great Britain. Items found in a shack and caravan including passport photos, empty water bottles, mattresses and cardboard used as bedding clearly indicate the seemingly derelict premises have recently been used. The location is reasonably remote and backs onto farmland. A gravel access road makes this a prime location for ruthless criminal gangs to drop migrants paying as much as €5,000 for a ticket on an inflatable dinghy with a small outboard motor and less for surfboards and inflatable kayaks. Local police claim it is from here and other beaches in the region that migrants often set out to make desperate and dangerous attempts to cross one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Migrants are crossing the English Channel (La Manche) by boat, kayak, surf board and even inflatable paddling pools as numbers seeking asylum in the UK continue to rise. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 20 Sept 2019. St Denoeux, Pas de Calais, France.<br />
Barn fire. Local fire brigades from Montreuil Sur Mer and Hucqueliers attend a barn fire which destroyed a local farmer's entire winter hay supply for his cattle.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 20 Sept 2019. St Denoeux, Pas de Calais, France.<br />
Barn fire. Local fire brigades from Montreuil Sur Mer and Hucqueliers attend a barn fire which destroyed a local farmer's entire winter hay supply for his cattle.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The empty streets of the largely derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The Californian women of 'Indigo Eyes' provide a bit of relief from the sadness. The women play music and sign religious songs in the mostly deserted, empty remains of the  decimated Lower 9th Ward. They stopped and wandered in the gutted Mt Carmel Church. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 16 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast.<br />
Lenny Kravitz in fine form rocks the event as he closes the show on the Wetlands indoor stage. <br />
Local musicians have gathered together in response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the very fabric of an entire region. All proceeds from the event will be used to support local fishing communities and the region.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast.<br />
Lenny Kravitz in fine form rocks the event as he closes the show on the Wetlands indoor stage. <br />
Local musicians have gathered together in response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the very fabric of an entire region. All proceeds from the event will be used to support local fishing communities and the region.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast.<br />
John Legend on the Wetlands indoor stage. <br />
Local musicians have gathered together in response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the very fabric of an entire region. All proceeds from the event will be used to support local fishing communities and the region.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast.<br />
John Legend on the Wetlands indoor stage. <br />
Local musicians have gathered together in response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the very fabric of an entire region. All proceeds from the event will be used to support local fishing communities and the region.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast.<br />
Ani DiFranco. Local musicians have gathered together in response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the very fabric of an entire region. All proceeds from the event will be used to support local fishing communities and the region.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast.<br />
Ani DiFranco. Local musicians have gathered together in response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the very fabric of an entire region. All proceeds from the event will be used to support local fishing communities and the region.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast.<br />
The Voice of the Wetlands Allstars. Tab Benoit. Local musicians have gathered together in response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the very fabric of an entire region. All proceeds from the event will be used to support local fishing communities and the region.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Westwego Fish Market. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Ashley Palmisano, a 22 year old single mother of two sells shrimp from A&B's seafood at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. Ashley worries that she may not have a job to go to in a couple of weeks. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Westwego Fish Market. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 June 2020. South of Calais, France.<br />
Smugglers' Paradise. Deserted shacks and a deserted caravan are hidden in the sand dunes of a remote beach south of Calais where local police claim migrants often attempt the treacherous crossing to Great Britain. Items found in a shack and caravan including passport photos, empty water bottles, mattresses and cardboard used as bedding clearly indicate the seemingly derelict premises have recently been used. The location is reasonably remote and backs onto farmland. A gravel access road makes this a prime location for ruthless criminal gangs to drop migrants paying as much as €5,000 for a ticket on an inflatable dinghy with a small outboard motor and less for surfboards and inflatable kayaks. Local police claim it is from here and other beaches in the region that migrants often set out to make desperate and dangerous attempts to cross one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Migrants are crossing the English Channel (La Manche) by boat, kayak, surf board and even inflatable paddling pools as numbers seeking asylum in the UK continue to rise. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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