Southern Exposures
I just got back from teaching at the University of Southern Mississippi Photojournalism Project, which always makes for a great change of scenery. This is the second year Iris PhotoCollective has run the project, and it keeps getting better. We had seven students this year, six high school and one freshman in USM’s photojournalism sequence. The students performed really well, making great pix on their assignments. I’m looking forward to returning in the spring to see what kind of work they produce over the winter.
This is a Deep South experience, a real shift from my normal perspective. USM is in Hattiesburg, MS, which is about two hours east of New Orleans by car. Five years on, Katrina’s mark is still indelible. Works starts then stalls from the immensity of it. So many people who left never came back, and the dearth of humanity has left so much undone.
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time;
Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat.
2200 Block of 6th Street, New Orleans
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time; Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat
2200 Block of 6th Street, New Orleans
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time; Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat
Layfayette Cemetery No.2, est. 1851, New Orleans
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time; Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat
Valence Cemetary, est. 1867, New Orleans
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time; Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat
Valence Cemetary, est. 1867, New Orleans
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time; Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat
Petal, Mississippi
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time; Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat
Petal, Mississippi
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time; Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat
Layfayette Cemetery No.2, est. 1851, New Orleans
That slow rhythm of the South stalls time; Man’s things idle, but Nature resumes her heartbeat
This entry was posted on Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 2:54 pm. It is filed under achungphoto, What's Going On and tagged with black & white, feature, personal.
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