These are the faces of Katrina

OneWayMule

On the night of Sept. 1st, there was a story on the news about the victims of hurricane Katrina arriving to the Astrodome in Houston, TX from New Orleans, LA. The plan by the city was to house 25,000 refugees in the dome but for reasons still not explained, the incoming buses were going to be turned away with less than 13,000 inside.

Having seen the story of this disaster unfold from day one and living only miles away from the dome, I had to do something. So with a garbage bag full of clothes and a camera I drove down there to see/experience it first hand. Given the scope of this remarkable event and the number of lives so profoundly effected, my "effort" is minute at best - but here is some of what i saw.



The lost...


Relying on one another.



While the givers shined out


Spiritual belief strengthened... or possibly lost


The reports they gave...


On the Loved ones misplaced


The past may be best left in the dark,
but what about the uncertainty...



More can be seen HERE

Thanks for looking and please do what you can when others are in need.
-sohil

Andy

very moving series, you captured the essence of this disaster.

the woman/cross shot is really really good.

thank you for sharing these.

rutt

Yes! Real world events like this infuse images with a kind of emotional power which no photograph taken out of context can match. For example, Henri Cartier-Bresson is my all time favorite photographer. He took many very famous pictures; but, the ones that have the greatest emotional impact for me are the ones he took at Ghandi's funeral (see: http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=15584&postcount=23)

Andy

bump, becuase they're that good.

ChrisJ

I agree: powerful images. Thanks for sharing and hope you stayed safe...

4labs

Thnxs for sharing these. Reminds me how fortunate I am..

Angelo

I'm glad your first thought was to grab something to help the needy. God bless you for jumping in and doing what you could.

Netgarden

I'm so glad you posted these, a reminder of real people connecting to a national disaster. Good deeds of yours will come in return some day. Much appreciated. Please keep us posted on how things are going, if possible.

Angelo wrote:

I'm glad your first thought was to grab something to help the needy. God bless you for jumping in and doing what you could.

OneWayMule

rutt wrote:

Yes! Real world events like this infuse images with a kind of emotional power which no photograph taken out of context can match. For example, Henri Cartier-Bresson is my all time favorite photographer. He took many very famous pictures; but, the ones that have the greatest emotional impact for me are the ones he took at Ghandi's funeral (see: http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=15584&postcount=23)

Absolutely and I have to say, that first image in that link is one of the most powerful I have ever seen. The man's reaction along with the composition just encapsulates the time during Gandhi died. Thank you for sharing that!

And I'll blatantly pad myself on the back assuming you thought of those Henri images after seeing mine

andy wrote:

very moving series, you captured the essence of this disaster.

the woman/cross shot is really really good.

thank you for sharing these.

And Andy, when capturing images like these, we want people to see them just becos of the content alone - regardless of the person behind the camera. So thank you for your remarks and the bump.



I'm glad I was able to capture the emotion of this aftermath and in the best way i could. And by everyone's feedback, i feel i have succeeded as an aspiring photographer. So thank you all for your very kind words and the positive response - i really appreciate it.