>  POST-KATRINA: NEW ORLEANS, LA

These photographs examines what remains of New Orleans, LA after Hurricane Katrina. Once the media packed up and the world stopped watching, the residents were left to piece together their lives again. Factors like the government's ineptness during rescue and rebuilding efforts, the city's demographical shift from black to white, and the loss of cultural history has caused stress and detachment among residents. Visual reminders are everywhere from destroyed houses left to decay to spray-painted encrypted messages indicating life or death. These images represent the mental state of a crippled community struggling to reclaim their lives.