Gulf Coast...

It is sometimes tough to find the time to complete things, such as putting entries on this blog, or my work on the New Orleans and Gulf Coast photos. The first results can be seen on the homepage, though these are just a handful of the images, and do not include some that Iwould like. Work and life have kept me from getting to the rest, as well as a somewhat haunted feeling. These are tough images to go through. Each time, even when separated by a computer or loupe on the light table, the images evoke the moments when I took them, surrounded by that destruction I cannot describe, though I feel the photos do a good job of it, as it seems do many of the viewers. Thank you to those who have given me feedback so far.

A few have taken special interest. The photos were used for the Ecumenical Advoacy Days Conference last weekend, and now grace the pages of my employer's page at the National Low Income Housing Coalition, as well as the homepage of the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness. Also, James W. Bailey (who gave me some great advice while in New Orleans, has taken an interest and has my photos and thoughts on them on his blog. James also has a new project worth checking out, found through his blog, documenting a day each Lent in a destroyed house in New Orleans.

I leave for Germany in a week, and can't promise that I'll get to the rest of the Gulf Coast images, but perhaps, with the right amount of time, I can work to completion of this project, which will hopefully include a photo essay or something similar.

Oh, and for the two weeks I'll be gone to Germany, I'll miss out on 4 events to shoot and an opening including 4 of my photos..more on this soon.