Here are some additional sources of photo essays about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. I think these nicely mirror the Polidori photos that Shelley shared, and I like that they link to a kind of timeline of events. So in many ways, images become an important part of the "mapping" we've been discussing. Thought these could be helpful for the installation and/or postcard images. Let me know what you think!Time's website has a number of photo essays, some dealing specifically with New Orleans, others with the Gulf region in general.
Hurricane Katrina - "An American Tragedy." A visual narrative of the hurricane and its aftermath. After you've looked at all the images from the timeline, be sure to click on the other links to see more photo essays. "Calamity Waiting to Happen" is a fascinating interactive map that reflects Karen's early ideas that New Orleans simultaneously CANNOT exist and MUST exist.
The Day After Katrina - "Assessing the damage after the hurricane hits the Gulf Coast."
Katrina's Toll - "Rescue, recovery, and restoring order two days after the Gulf area hurricane."
The Crisis Continues - "Katrina relief efforts intensify as Bush says early results 'not acceptable'."
Multimedia: Surviving Hurricane Katrina - "Residents and emergency workers share their stories through words and pictures."
The Scars of Katrina - "TIME photographer Anthony Suau captures the Gulf Coast's struggle to recover months after the levees broke."
The Show Must Go On - "New Orleans celebrates the first Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina." I like the theatrical reference in the title.
A Year of Disaster - "New Orleans is still reeling from the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina."
Illinois Photo has another large collection of images, subtitled "Photos of America's Greatest Heartbreak."
U.S. Department of Defense has its own photo essay on Hurricane Katrina. I think it's interesting to see how the various groups in the country "saw" the event and reported it, and the discrepancies between these reports and representations, especially over time.
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Great stuff. Lisa and Kathleen, could oneof you head up making our own postcards for the installation? I'd like someone with a good eye to select the images for this.
Thanks!
KJ, did you already order the postcards from the city for 10 cents each? If so, let me know what those are like or send me digital images. We could wait until we get to NOLA so we could use images from the city as well. I imagine there'll be some sort of Kinko's nearby. I'm collecting images for the Powerpoint so maybe we could some of those?
BTW, KJ, did we order a projector for our panel presentation? We need one but it may be too late to get one if we didn't already request it.
I'm looking into ordering the NOCVB postcards and will post the images when I get them.
I think that we should pull some of our subversive postcards from the images we already have - Shelley's Poliodori pics, some from Flickr (you can start at my faves or just do a New Orleans search), some from the photo essays that were posted, our PowerPoint images, etc. We can also capture our own images when we get there, but I think we should do as much in advance as possible.
There will be a projector available, although we will have to share it with the other teams and will obviously have to coordinate that. We can also set up own laptops at the installation sites if we want more PowerPoints playing (say that ten times fast).
As far as a projector goes, I will ask at work to see if I could borrow one for the trip. I have no idea if this is even possible, but won't hurt to try. Also--I like the image of multiple computers playing the same powerpoint simultaneously throughout our space. That looks interesting in my head (when I image what all this might look like).
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