For the past five years I have been documenting humanitarian issues around the world. It seems with the current Gulf oil disaster from the Deepwater Horizon accident things have come full circle. You see, it was Hurricane Katrina in 2005 that got me started shooting humanitarian photography and video. Since then, I’ve had the privilege to travel to other countries to document many different types of humanitarian issues.
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the United States Gulf region is once again dealing with an enormous disaster. Is this a humanitarian disaster? Well I would say, yes. Wikipedia defines Humanitarian Disaster as “an event or series of events which represents a critical threat to the health, safety, security or wellbeing of a community or other large group of people, usually over a wide area. Armed conflicts, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and other major emergencies may all involve or lead to a humanitarian crisis.”
I’ve seen the people along the Gulf Coast recover from Katrina and they will recover from this disaster. So today I’ve posted a few images from my first couple of trips into Mississippi and Alabama after Hurricane Katrina.
A large casino barge washed onshore in Biloxi, MS. September 2005
A fishing boat sails in front of a destroyed home on Dauphin Island. Oil rigs can be seen in the background. 2005
A home destroyed by Katrina in East Biloxi. Sept 2005
The Episcopal church in Biloxi holds service outside just days after Katrina. Sept 11, 2005
A cross and flag mark where the Episcopal church stood in Biloxi, MS. Sept 2005
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Powerful, very powerful
its nice to see photographers shooting BW an art form that is become more rare
Very nice work. I love the photo of the church service. And that’s America in a crisis to me. We get right back up!
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