Post-Katrina New Orleans: A Piano Forever Silent

Please view these photos as a set. I tried to capture different aspects of the New Orleans landscape today, from successes to frustrations, devastation to beignets. The city goes on, especially the tourist district, and I encourage you to go there, have a good time, and spend a lot of money, but the level of governmental neglect and general sorrow astonished me. For an introductory essay, see here.

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joey kennedy says:

amazing!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

getthebubbles says:

this one is really powerful.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Hsu Box? says:

I think I like this one the most out of this set. I keep coming back to this one for some reason.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

doctorbob says:

I likw your documentary approach. Theres a dignity to the approach. Have you experimented with a richer sepia effect? It might harmonise the images a little more for you? Great job!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

thadman says:

Great shot. This one is really stirring.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Baby Dove says:

wow, that is soooo frightening! Amazing series, ryan, especially to see the dichotomy between pre and post, rebuilt and not.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Ctd 2005 says:

Ryan great work, this image is likely the sadest and the most poignant. It reminds me of this NPR story about how an Oregon
piano tuner who had tragically lost his son to cancer & went off to NOLAwith is tools and and bought some uprights and other instruments and would offer these to musicians. Flat out give them a piano or a sax or some other well loved and fully functional instrument.
It was one of those pull over I'm losing it driving moments where the radio show & story of how one man went and made a difference for not a whole lot of people , but those he did effect was so incredibly profound. Here I am a grown man weeping on the side of the road listening to this incredible story and after a long search I found it maybe you can see hear what I mean .

THIS picture of yours reminds me of this great RADIO PIECE about what some one chose to do in response to Katrina. (It does have a underwriting tag on the front of the file but it's so worth a listen.

A revisit with Peter Spring checking back in here

Thanks Ryan , your picture reminded of this story, if you can listen to the piece. and thanks for the intro to the set.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr. Dtb says:

This is a really captivating image.

I saw it whilst trying to find a fun image send to a mate on delivr and had to come over and have a look at what it was all about.

Thank you.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

zeyno*kiz says:

Wow...
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Araia says:

It's incredible that almost a year after the situation is still like this in some places. I hope this will change and the zone recovers totally soon. Very good picture, great document!
(1-2-3)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

colnik says:

good
(3:1 Group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

*RICCIO "il colore del ricordo inganna" says:

oh...

it's amazing and dramatic...
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

charsuede says:

as a pianist,
one of the saddest images i've seen, but one from which much music can be written and drawn from. so, hopefully, not forever silent
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

3rd foundation says:

Cool photo. I think of music when I think of New Orleans so this really captures the essence of the tragedy. Well done.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

* raymond says:

excellent shot - very sad. this piano must have many great stories to tell. (3to1)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

wickenden says:

wow, I love that shot.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Tanya in BNE says:

Deeply moving. Great shot!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

kirsten000 says:

This is so grabbing!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Jean&Vic says:

sadness
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Wam Mosely says:

Man I'd love to go there and photograph it like you did!! Great idea! Great subject too!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Kate___ says:

amazing photograph
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Mpopp says:

This photo broke my heart...very touching image. Nicely done.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Gallo Quirico says:

Excellent and sad

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Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Sepulture {mood disorder} says:

very very nice i like it
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

brandon says:

holler
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Nelly Castillo [deleted] says:

I love the piano!:D
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Forcery says:

This grabbed me by the heart, and that's all I have to say about it.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

misstraceynolan says:

This is heartbreaking.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

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New Orleans Recovery is a Flickr group designed to organize images of post-Katrina NOLA in an interactive map on an external website to better visualize and aid recovery. We'd love if you would consider adding your image to our group -- with one caveat: if you look at the group page there are a number of stipulations that must be followed for the map to function. If you know the location of your image and would like to join, please do so!
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Wow
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stevguy2000 says:

Nice composition.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

darrengantt says:

wow wonderful photo very hapy i've come across this one
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Jennie's photography says:

This one photo says so much
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

B N C T O N Y says:

Excellent
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Darren Ursua says:

great work! A++++
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

hello / seattle says:

This is so sad.
I live in Louisiana, but I haven't been back to NO since the hurricane.
It was truely a tragedy, and this picture explains it perfectly.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Darren Ursua says:

this one of my favorite photo in Flickr yet
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

♫ PalmKey WesternPlace ♫I'm Away For awhile says:

That Is One "GREAT" Picture/Work, Very Well Captured/Done !:!:!:!:!:*

Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

tasha_darling says:

Wonderful photograph.

I visited New Orleans before Katrina and it was such a vibrant and energetic city. It's sad to see how badly it was affected by the hurricane.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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