Sunday, July 29, 2007

of water and refugees from the real life






Gini and I were discussing some of our visual memories from Hurricane Katrina. A picture search has come up with some remarkable images that tell the story of both the space and costume of those in detainment when the Republic falls apart, of Marat/Sade.

credits (top to bottom):

1-11, 20: Alan Chin/Gamma. New Orleans. 2005.

12: Houston, TX., 9/2/2005 -- Hurricane Katrina survivors sheltered in the Red Cross shelter at the Astrodome reflect on their losses. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher

13: New Orleans, La., 9/3/05 -- Evacuees from New Orleans are taken to the airport and those needing medical attention are treated by members of FEMA's DMAT teams. Photo by: Liz Roll FEMA#14772

14: Photo by: Liz Roll FEMA#14767

15: New Orleans, LA, 08/31/05 -- Residents on the side of the road near the Superdome (not shown) waiting to be rescued. The entire population of New Orleans was displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina and the breaks in the levees which flooded most of the city. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

16: Houston, TX, September 2, 2005 -- A physician on her way to the Red Cross drops off food and diapers for displaced storm victims at the Houston Astrodome. Stockpiles of food, water and ice were brought into the Astrodome for the people who have arrived from New Orleans in a massive FEMA organized bus caravan. Photo by Ed Edahl/FEMA

17: unknown

18: Houston, TX., September 2, 2005 -- Hurricane survivors in the Astodome continue to search for missing loved ones. Approximately 18,000 hurricane Katrina survivors are housed in the Red Cross shelter at the Astrodome and Reliant center. The City of New Orleans is being evacuated following hurricane Katrina and rising flood waters. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher

19: Eric Gay/AP. Around midnight, August 28, 2005. New Orleans Superdome. At YahooNews.



































































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