First published 2010
Mario Tama arrives in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina tears through the Gulf Coast. Armed with his camera and years of experience documenting global crises, he witnesses the storm's brutal impact on the city and its people. Tama navigates flooded streets and emergency shelters, capturing both the immediate devastation and the slower work of rebuilding that follows. His lens finds stories of loss alongside unexpected moments of human resilience. As days turn to months, Tama documents how communities piece their lives back together after losing everything. The photographer who has covered wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the September 11th attacks, and disasters from Haiti to Baghdad discovers that this American tragedy demands the same unflinching attention he has brought to international crises. Through his images, Tama reveals how ordinary people respond when their world collapses and must be rebuilt from nothing.
Genres: american, non-fiction, 21st-century, journalism, photography, american-history
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: documentary, first-hand-account
Setting: Afghanistan, Baghdad, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Iraq, New Orleans
Period: September 11th
147 pages · Hardcover · Umbrage Editions Inc