RE: Off-Topic, New Orleans Images

Great indeed. Very impressive imagery.

Thanks for sharing,
Regards,
Loris.

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From: joachim oppenheimer [mailto:joachim2@optonline.net]
Sent: 22 Nisan 2006 Cumartesi 16:12
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: RE: Off-Topic, New Orleans Images

Your images are exceptional. I can easily see a future for them at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY. They are classic in the literal sense.
Joachim

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Burkholder [mailto:fdanb@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:55 PM
To: alt-photo-process-L@usask.ca
Subject: Off-Topic, New Orleans Images

Sorry that this probably has nothing to do with alt-photo (unless I do a few
in pigment-over-platinum) but I wanted to share this first group of images
from the trip to New Orleans that Jill and I made earlier this week.

In most of the places we photographed, the high water line was at eye level
or higher. The "slime line" is often more visible but is lower than the high
water line because the chemical sludge didn't move in until a few days later
when the water level had started to drop. I've never before seen anything
like this. Dick Cheney should be forced to quail hunt in the 9th Ward.

There were so many ironies slapping us in the face as we walked through
homes that were washed from their foundations. I'm especially intrigued by
the living room with the fish tank. Can you imagine what a freak-out it
would be for the fish to see the water level OUTSIDE their tank rising?

These are not literal captures of the scenes. I was trying to find design
and beauty to contrast with the human suffering and material
devastation:

www.danburkholder.com/new_orleans

There are a few cliché destruction shots up at the following:

www.danburkholder.com/katrina

It's somewhat amazing that after seven months there are still piles of
destroyed cars and trash. And not to sermonize, but some may not realize
that the destruction covers an area approximately five times as large as
Manhattan.

More to come soon.

Dan

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