Katrinaville Chronicles: Images and Observations from a New Orleans Photographer
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.61 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807132527 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Southern Writers was his first book. His assignments have taken him to six continents, and his photographs are held in numerous private collections and museums. About the AuthorDavid G. He lives in New Orleans. Spielman is a fine art, commercial, and journalistic photographer whose images have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the London Times, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, and Architectural Digest.
Previously published and renowned New Orleans photographer, David Spielman, remained in his uptown New Orleans home during and after the storm. Included here are Spielman's breathtaking photographs paired with the emails he sent while the full impact of the hurricane's devastation and failed governmental assistance was still unfolding. Armed with his camera and a gun for a self-protection, he captured the turmoil on the streets of his very own neighborhood in a way no one else could. This uniquely intimate collection of correspondence and photographs from the "ground zero" of post-Katrina New Orleans offers special, new insight into the tragedy. Of all the books written about Hurricane Katrina, none can compare to the intimacy and beauty of this professional photographer's personal account from inside the eye of the storm.
Excellent Mr. Spielman's approach in presenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is excellent. He guides the reader, using photography, to relate the sequences of events in a very clear, realistic and poignant way, especially, on his photograph depicting the sick and the poor waiting for medical services in a cold morning in Audubon Park in December nearly three months after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. showing a T. Accurate, riveting, revealing I evacuated, returned to my own Uptown neighborhood eight weeks after the storm and after just now looking at David's book I'm seeing it all over again. And, I'm seeing things I've never seen (Six Flags under 20+ feet of water). The emails walk you through what it was really like, the photos are reminders of what happened to this American city. All Americans should see these unique photos, this unique perspecti. Excellent Record of an Epic Disaster David Spielman's book is both awesome and emotionally jarring. It's as close as one can come to experience Katrina without having been there.
He lives in New Orleans. His assignments have taken him to six continents, and his photographs are held in numerous private collections and museums. David G. . Spielman is a fine art, commercial, and journalistic photographer whose images have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the London Times, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Time, Newsweek