VIGIL : Miro St. 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2007

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The damage to the 9th ward of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina-related flooding represented as a measure of time in this video portrait.

An intimate portrait of one street in the 9th ward of New Orleans. Shot in June of 2007, almost 2 years after the levees broke, this 8-minute piece documents the damage to this neighborhood by examining one 66-street block stretch.

I took one photograph of each house or lot on Miro St. The area photographed represents 1.7 percent of the 9th ward. Each photograph gets one second of screen time. If I had photographed the entire 9th ward and produced a video with the same measurement, the resulting video would be about 7 hours and 30 minutes long.

I made this video out of my frustration at the non-information being presented by national news media about the damage to the city. Its as if the shame of this damage is preventing it being shown on television. A representative sample of what is, I hope this video gives the viewer an intuitive sense of the scale of damage to one section of New Orleans.
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6 comments // VIGIL : Miro St. 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2007 // Video

  • Wildfire775
  • jlfritz
  • chicklets2040
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      chicklets2040  

    • This caused me pause. I paused to reflect on such huge inhumanity and neglect. I paused to wonder why the City was allowed to build and expand in such a dangerous place? I paused and shed a tear for all peoples who are living on the fringe and society's inability to reach out and be inclusive to all. I paused and was thankful I have a safe place to live and my family does also. Thank you for helping me to pause.

    • 2 years ago
  • ambulantic
  • Fenlon
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      Fenlon  

    • I make no argument in this video. It simply represents the damage that is not shown in national news media.

      This is the damage that is talked about, pointed to, but never represented, the damage that is unseen outside of the city.

    • 2 years ago
  • SirRip
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      SirRip  

    • You have got to be kidding right. Everything that was flooded was because it's below sea level. Blame what and who you want but the truth is, it's going to happen over and over until we wake up and give the land ( what was flooded) back to nature. It is supposed to be marsh land. We turned it into the natural disaster that it is because of greed. Mother Nature don't care about us but we need to respect her. Late Rip

    • 2 years ago
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