bustop, warsaw, poland
9.11 Gin Koolaid
During the events surrounding 9.11, I was attending the wedding of two New Yorkers in Poland. These images are from the period we were stranded in eastern Europe and my return to NYC. The term gin koolaid comes from our mispronounciation of the term "thank you", which is so similar in a number of languages and reflects our feeling of gratitude to our host countries during this very trying period.
pigeonman, krakow, poland
9.11 Gin Koolaid
krakow, poland
9.11 Gin Koolaid
dogwalker, prague, czech republic
9.11: Gin Koolaid
carriage, krakow, poland
9.11 Gin Koolaid
dalmation, prague, czech republic
9.11 Gin Koolaid
danube cave church, budapest, hungary
9.11: Gin Koolaid
jewish cemetery, prague, czech republic
9.11: Gin Koolaid
st. jan nepomuk statue on bridge, prague, czech republic
9.11 Gin Koolaid
st. vitus cathedral memorial service, prague, czech republic
9.11 Gin Koolaid
saint wenceslas memorial, prague, czech republic
9.11 Gin Koolaid
saint wenceslas memorial, prague, czech republic
9.11 Gin Koolaid
times square, nyc
9.11 Gin Koolaid
wall of the missing, nyc
9.11 Gin Koolaid
9th ward
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
I entered New Orleans mere days after Katrina alongside my old friend and photographer, David Richmond, with one of his old assistants, Veronique Roblin. The trip was less a photo expedition and more of mission of mercy... a trip intended to salvage what could be saved of his lifetime archive of work. What resulted was that not only was very little left of Dave’s work, but we witnessed the psychological collapse of a very delicate artist.
I ended up moving back to New Orleans full time and did my best to help other photographers in the Gulf South by co-founding the New Orleans Photo Alliance. The images in this folio happened only as an afterthought to my primary mission there. The two themes that surfaced in this work was the ghost-town feel of the recently abandoned city and the resilence and humor of those diehard citizens that either refused to leave in the first place or were the first to repopulate and pick up the pieces.
9th ward
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
floodline costume, 1st halloween
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
st. claude ave.
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
St. charles ave.
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
stray dogs
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
washing fouled dogs
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
downed helicopter, bayou st. john
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
1st halloween
Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina
st. roch altar eroded statuettes
aftermath: hurricane katrina
st. roch altar eroded statuettes
aftermath: hurricane katrina
radio marigny
aftermath: hurricane katrina
kenny claiborne and generator powered Radio Marigny
aftermath: hurricane katrina
coliseum theater
aftermath: hurricane katrina
coliseum theater
aftermath: hurricane katrina
magazine street
aftermath: hurricane katrina
1st halloween
aftermath: hurricane katrina
ernie k-doe's mother in law lounge
aftermath: hurricane katrina
irma thomas' lion's den lounge
aftermath: hurricane katrina
9th ward
aftermath: hurricane katrina
warehouse containing propane tanks
aftermath: hurricane katrina
holy cross high school gymnasium
aftermath: hurricane katrina
holy cross high school gymnasium, lower 9th ward
aftermath: hurricane katrina
holy cross high school pool, lower 9th ward
aftermath: hurricane katrina
canal street
aftermath: hurricane katrina
never left, st. thomas neighborhood
aftermath: hurricane katrina
9th ward
aftermath: hurricane katrina
st. roch altar eroded statuettes
david's collapse
aftermath: hurricane katrina
david's collapse
aftermath: hurricane katrina
david's collapse
aftermath: hurricane katrina
st. roch altar eroded statuettes
aftermath: hurricane katrina