Once Were Homes

We don't want to dwell on the devastation caused, but there are two things these next images make us think. The first is that it's not just wreckage - it's a wrecked or damaged life. the area here is the 9th ward, and it's several square miles. All like this. And these photos are not the week after the hurricane, but 8 - count 'em - EIGHT - months afterwards.
The second, more self-centered point is that neither photos nor films can reveal the meaning of the place. there was so much more. A flat picture of a damaged house doesn't even begin to be adequate. It's one reason why there aren't a lot of such images in the blog, but there are situations where media just reveal their limitations. they are mediators between us and the world, but sometimes you must get into the world, without media. most of our time in new orleans was in fact spent seeing and being... not filming.