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Holding Out and Hanging on - Surviving Hurricane Katrina (Hardcover)
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Holding Out and Hanging on - Surviving Hurricane Katrina (Hardcover)
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Words cannot adequately convey the human dimension of the
devastation wreaked on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Thomas
Neff's photographs can. As a volunteer in the city in the early
days after the flood, this Baton Rouge photographer witnessed first
hand the confusion and suffering that was New Orleans - as well as
the persistence and strength of those who stuck it out. Neff
subsequently spent forty-five days interviewing and photographing
the city's holdouts, and his record is a heartbreaking but
compelling look at the true impact of the disaster. At a time when
New Orleans residents felt isolated and abandoned, Neff provided
the ear that many needed. The friendship he extended enabled him to
capture remarkable images and to write sensitive commentaries that
approach his subjects from a uniquely personal perspective. Here
are Antoinette K-Doe assessing the future of her ruined
Mother-in-Law Lounge; Juan Parke, who ferried scores of people to
safety in his silver canoe; Ashton O'Dwyer defending his property
from looters; Ride Hamilton pausing in his work as a freelance
medic. These portraits and dozens more tell the story of the storm
through many voices - and collectively they tell a story of their
own. Other books have documented the wrath of Katrina, but none has
captured the human dimension as powerfully as ""Holding Out and
Hanging On"". Through these intimate, intense images, readers will
meet people from all walks of life who are exhausted by grief and
shock but who are determined to hold on to their culture and their
city. Neff's gripping black-and-white images and equally poignant
narratives show individuals who are reorganizing their lives,
trying to maintain their individuality, and even enriching their
souls as they help one another. These are the stories that New
Orleans citizens told each other - a view of the disaster not
captured by the news cameras - and photographs that show the city
as it knows itself. Together, Neff's portraits and stories form a
sensitive documentary of survival and stand as a testament to the
extraordinary individuals who endured one of the most calamitous
disasters of our time.
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