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  • Feb 28th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras Day, Fat Tuesday, Bourbon Street. The quest for beads. Mostly drunk tourists scream for cheap plastic beads thrown from the balconies on Bourbon Street. Many of these people would not dream of acting like this where they come from, yet in New Orleans anything goes. Young women expose their breasts in the hopes of getting the best beads from guys above them on balconies.
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  • Feb 28th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras Day, Fat Tuesday, Bourbon Street. The quest for beads. Mostly drunk tourists scream for cheap plastic beads thrown from the balconies on Bourbon Street. Many of these people would not dream of acting like this where they come from, yet in New Orleans anything goes.
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  • Feb 26th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. The Krewe of Bacchus rolls during Mardi Gras. Crowds pack the route along Napoleon Avenue screaming for beads from the floats. Beads fly along with other items such as rubber chickens to the delight of the family packed crowds. Children are handed soft toys as they party continues in ernest in New Orleans.
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  • 1st Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Mass evacuation begins. A handful of extremely nervous Louisiana State troopers are all that holds 20,000 plus people from the busses. Before evacuees were permitted on the bus the mood was extremely tense with troopers preparing safe exit routes should the crowd simply storm the Macey's mall building in their desperation to reach the busses.
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  • 24th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita, rte 27, Louisiana where the storm hit hardest on the Louisiana/Texas border. The back edge of Rita floods across the roadway as rescue workers attempt to reach stranded flood victims. L/R Josh Herman and his uncle Romeo Espinosa try to get to their flooded convenience store in Carlyss with an abandoned puupy they rescued and named Rita.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Scared and relieved, 4yr old Anfernya Figueroa is rescued from the 9th ward after it disappeared under water.Fern was saved by local police and firefighters using boats to reach victims of the flooding.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 1st Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Mass evacuation begins. A handful of extremely nervous Louisiana State troopers are all that holds 20,000 plus people from the busses. Before evacuees were permitted on the bus the mood was extremely tense with troopers preparing safe exit routes should the crowd simply storm the Macey's mall building in their desperation to reach the busses.
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  • 01 Sept, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Louisiana. Mass evacuation begins. A handful of exhausted and nervous Louisiana State troopers are all that holds 20,000 plus people from the busses. Before evacuees were permitted on the bus the mood was extremely tense with troopers preparing safe exit routes should the crowd simply storm the building in their desperation to reach the busses.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 Sept 2005. Louisiana/Texas border. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
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Route 27, Louisiana where the storm hit hardest on the Louisiana/Texas border. The back edge of Rita floods across the roadway as rescue workers attempt to reach stranded flood victims. L/R Josh Herman and his uncle Romeo Espinosa try to get to their flooded convenience store in Carlyss with an abandoned puppy they rescued and named Rita.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 Sept 2005.  Louisiana/Texas border. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Route 27, Louisiana where the storm hit hardest on the Louisiana/Texas border. The back edge of Rita floods across the roadway as rescue workers attempt to reach stranded flood victims.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 Sept 2005. Louisiana/Texas border. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
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Route 27, Louisiana where the storm hit hardest on the Louisiana/Texas border. The back edge of Rita floods across the roadway as rescue workers attempt to reach stranded flood victims. L/R Josh Herman and his uncle Romeo Espinosa try to get to their flooded convenience store in Carlyss with an abandoned puppy they rescued and named Rita.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 01 Sept, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Louisiana. Mass evacuation begins. A handful of exhausted and nervous Louisiana State troopers are all that holds 20,000 plus people from the busses. Before evacuees were permitted on the bus the mood was extremely tense with troopers preparing safe exit routes should the crowd simply storm the building in their desperation to reach the busses.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 Sept 2005.  Louisiana/Texas border. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Route 27, Louisiana where the storm hit hardest on the Louisiana/Texas border. The back edge of Rita floods across the roadway as rescue workers attempt to reach stranded flood victims.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras Day. Walking with Skeletons. The Skeleton Krewe meet before sunrise and walk 5 miles from Uptown, making their way along St Charles Avenue and into the French Quarter where they celebrate Mardi Gras Day. The Krewe reaches Jackson Square.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 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
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  • 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. 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
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  • 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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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Flooding reaches the French Quarter as the storm passes over the city.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 30 April 2013. Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  USA. .March on Baton Rouge, Enough is Enough. .Mike Stagg leads a coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protesting 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. .Zack Copplain, a student at Rice University denounces Jindal's changinging state law to permit the teaching of Creationism.  Zack addresses a coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protesting 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. Lanny Roy prepares to address 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. Wheel chair bound Lanny Roy and Patricia Eberhardt attend a  coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protesting 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. Lanny Roy prepares to address 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. Lanny Roy prepares to address 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. 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. 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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  • 10 June 2020. <br />
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Collect Photo from VCSM Escaut rescue craft (French Coastguard) between Calais and Dover, France.<br />
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A spokesman for France’s Channel Prefecture said the photo was shot on Wednesday June 10, three miles off Calais.<br />
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‘Three men and a woman were attempting to paddle across the channel on two windsurf boards that had been tied together with rope,’ adding: ‘Shovels were being used as oars.’<br />
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A Mayday was put out by a Dunkirk Seaways ferry after the group was spotted at 6.35am, in a relatively calm sea. <br />
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The VCSM Escaut rescue craft attended the scene, and rescued the migrants, who were all suffering from mild hypothermia. <br />
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The group was returned to France, and later ‘processed’ by Border Police, who could provide no further details of what happened to them.<br />
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The Prefecture spokesman said migrants were increasingly using makeshift crafts because of the difficulty of getting hold of motorboats.<br />
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So far in June, 250 migrants have reached Britain by boat - including a record single-day figure of 166.<br />
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Photo© courtesy; French Coast Guard/VCSM Escaut rescue craft/Channel Prefecture provided to Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras Day. Walking with Skeletons. The Skeleton Krewe meet before sunrise and walk 5 miles from Uptown, making their way along St Charles Avenue and into the French Quarter where they celebrate Mardi Gras Day. The Krewe reaches Jackson Square.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras Day. Walking with Skeletons. The Skeleton Krewe meet before sunrise and walk 5 miles from Uptown, making their way along St Charles Avenue and into the French Quarter where they celebrate Mardi Gras Day. The Krewe reaches Jackson Square.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras Day. Walking with Skeletons. The Skeleton Krewe meet before sunrise and walk 5 miles from Uptown, making their way along St Charles Avenue and into the French Quarter where they celebrate Mardi Gras Day. The Krewe reaches Jackson Square.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09feb16-Mardi Gras Day295.jpg
  • 09 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras Day. Walking with Skeletons. The Skeleton Krewe meet before sunrise and walk 5 miles from Uptown, making their way along St Charles Avenue and into the French Quarter where they celebrate Mardi Gras Day. The Krewe reaches Jackson Square.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras Day. Walking with Skeletons. The Skeleton Krewe meet before sunrise and walk 5 miles from Uptown, making their way along St Charles Avenue and into the French Quarter where they celebrate Mardi Gras Day. The Krewe reaches Jackson Square.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09feb16-Mardi Gras Day135.jpg
  • 09 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras Day. Walking with Skeletons. The Skeleton Krewe meet before sunrise and walk 5 miles from Uptown, making their way along St Charles Avenue and into the French Quarter where they celebrate Mardi Gras Day. The Krewe reaches Jackson Square where they put down their heads.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 July 2006. New Orleans. Louisiana. <br />
Finding Faith. <br />
Faith Figueroa. A day in the life of. Faith reaches for her lunch, a bowl of rice. <br />
Following a ten month search for the little girl whose face appeared on the Sept 19th, 2005 cover of Newsweek magazine, Faith's mother, Miriam Figueroa has returned to town with her three children. Faith, (1 yrs), Anfernya (5yrs) and Jacquelyn (13 yrs). <br />
Credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 01 Feb 2006. Uptown, New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
The Whole Foods supermarket reopens amidst great celebration 5 months after  the city was hit by Hurricane Katrina. A shopper reaches into the freezer on the frozen food section.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 04 August 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Funeral - New Home Baptist Church. Friends and relatives of three young men gunned down late at night on a city street on July 28th pay their respects. 4 men were gunned down that night in one incident as crime spirals out of control in New Orleans. Three of the victims, all brothers buried today are Kadeem Stephen (16yrs), Kendall Stephen (21yrs) and Kareem Stephen (also 16yrs). Pictured is the boy's aunt, Anita Mikell, overcome with grief as she is led to the open coffins. A young child reaches up to console her.
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  • 02 March 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras. A tractor driver reaches for a smoke as he pulls float riders at the  Krewe of Thoth parade in Uptown New Orleans.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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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 />
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 />
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
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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
    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
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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
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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 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
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  • 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
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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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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Locals look on as soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • May 10th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans Mayor Ray C Nagin debates his challenger, Louisiana lieutenant governor Mitch Landrieu at the Audubon Institute Riverside association at the Sabis Academy Charter school in Uptown New Orleans. Nagin reaches for a bottle of water from an aide.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13th March 1994. Bristol, England, Great Britain.<br />
Sunday Times, London. Front page.<br />
Ordination of women priests. <br />
This was my first ever broad sheet front page, one that hadn't come easily. Earlier in the day I had been dispatched to Bristol Cathedral to cover history in the making. For the first time in 450 years, the Anglican Church had taken the bold and at the time extremely controversial descision to ordain women priests. The world's media descended on the story. In a frantic afternoon I covered events in the lead up to the big event. Lots of pomp and ceremony, but the main event was to come later in the day. I sent my film back to the bureau of South West News Service with my then deputy photo editor. A little later later I got a frantic call, my film was shit, thin and all washed out. Nothing could be used. WTF did I think I was playing at? 'Get your shit together or get another f''king job,' the deputy photo editor screamed down the phone. This was a bit rich for a man who rarely left the office and wasn't rated that highly as a shooter by my colleagues. A classic rookie mistake. I had been shooting an event the previous evening and bumped the ISO of my film, forgetting to reset it the following day. I was devastated. My girlfriend at the time was mad at me, yet again I had missed a dinner party in London. She was reaching the end of her tether, keys would be under the mat yet again! But the main event hadn't happened yet. Not until the Bishop handed them the official papers would the ladies formally be the first women priests to be ordained. The press had been banned from the catacombs of the great cathedral, yet a TV cameraman friend of mine from ITV and I had discovered a way down earlier in the day. We took a huge gamble to ignore the main event upstairs, instead opting to hang out in the catacombs where we knew the ceremony would be finalized despite the media ban. We risked being thrown out and getting nothing at all. I didn't have much to lose but my
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Flooding reaches the French Quarter as the storm passes over the city.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 30 April 2013. Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  USA. .March on Baton Rouge, Enough is Enough. .Kateshia Green joins a coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protesting 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. .Marta Badon, a retired Orleans parish school teacher attends a coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protesting 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Patricia Eberhardt, a retired school teacher with 26 years experience attends a  coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protesting 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. Wheel chair bound Lanny Roy and Patricia Eberhardt attend a  coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protesting 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 April 2013. Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  USA. .March on Baton Rouge, Enough is Enough. 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 April 2013. Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  USA. .March on Baton Rouge, Enough is Enough. 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. 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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  • 04 August 2006. New Orleans,  Louisiana. .Funeral for victims of Homicide, New Home Baptist Church. Anita Mikell,  victim's aunt is overcome with griefas she is led to the open coffins. A young child reaches up to console her. Friends and relatives of three young men gunned down late at night on a city street on July 28th pay their respects. 4 men were gunned down that night in one incident as crime spirals out of control in New Orleans. Three of the victims, all brothers buried today are Kadeem Stephen (16yrs), Kendall Stephen (21yrs) and Kareem Stephen (also 16yrs). .Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 04 March 2012. Lafitte, Louisiana USA. .A brown pelican in the freshwater bayous west of Lafitte .in south Louisiana. Part of the settlement BP is claimed to have reached includes significant long term studies of the region to assess the full extent of the 2010 Macondo Well disaster. .Photo Credit; Charlie Varley
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  • 09 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras Day. Walking with Skeletons. The Skeleton Krewe meet before sunrise and walk 5 miles from Uptown, making their way along St Charles Avenue and into the French Quarter where they celebrate Mardi Gras Day. The Krewe reaches Jackson Square.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 April 2013. Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  USA. .March on Baton Rouge, Enough is Enough. .Dayne Sherman, writer and speaker addresses a coalition of 40 Louisiana Organisations protesting 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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