New Orleans Museum of Art has assembled over 700 photographs taken before, during and after the storm for an exhibit called "Katrina Exposed: A Community of Photographs".  The exhibit showcases the work of 140 different professional and amateur photographers.  Some works are mounted cleanly behind glass and frames, a sharp contrast to the subject matter.  Other images have been worked into quilts or mounted onto boards with questions like, "Would you want a FEMA trailer park in your neighborhood?"

I don't know what it is, nine months later, that keeps me seeking out new photos of what happened and continues to happen here.  Despite the flood lines on the buildings, it's hard for me to imagine what those flooded days were like.  In addition, even though I was here in October to see the Red Cross, National Guard and the checkpoints, I still have a hard time believing that even happened.

After viewing the exhibit, I didn't want to venture next door to the Ansel Adams prints.  I focused on the New Orleans images as I left.  I picked up the illustrated catalog, "Katrina Exposed: A Photographic Reckoning" for $24.95 which has 150 photos in it and is printed locally.  NOMA is free for Louisiana residents and is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 10:00AM to 4:30PM.