Laid to Waste

Portraits of loss in the wake of Katrina 3

It's impossible to forget the images of a hurricane-wrecked New Orleans and its victims that were beamed around the world in the immediate aftermath of the storm. But what did it look like when the TV crews left? Well, um, still bad. Seattle-area photographer Chris Jordan took his camera south this winter to see what the storm had wrought. The message he brings back with his photo essay: our choices matter more than we think.

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  1. Corey McKrill's avatar

    Corey McKrill Posted 6:04 am
    02 Mar 2006

    Common Ground CollectiveOver on AlterNet, there's an article about a grassroot cleanup and humanitarian effort that's underway in areas that have been largely abandoned by the Red Cross and federal agencies:
    Fifty Dollars and a Dream, by Billie Mizell, AlterNet.

    Grist's InterActivist ... creating a one-of-a-kind portrait of on-the-ground activism.

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  2. kmp Posted 2:54 am
    03 Mar 2006

    thanksThanks for the link to the Common Ground story - very moving stuff which reminds me that there are still many wonderful people on our planet.
    I just send them off a big 'ole box of Clif bars (on sale at drugstore.com!).  Hopefully more Gristers will spread the word.

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  3. risinglucifer Posted 7:52 pm
    05 Mar 2006

    REIt's definately hard to forget about the images of the hurricane-wreaked New Orleans. All along, I thought that things have moved on and changed for the better over the other side. I really didn't expect to see such image. Hopefully, someone would step out and do something soon, rathing than lying it to waste.

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