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The Hurricane Quartet
At first things were bleak.
A natural disaster is already a stress test, but regular life issues like illness and death squash optimism despite best intentions. The dear friend who hosted us in Miami died suddenly followed by a beloved family member after enduring cancer. The act of photographing gave me a way to re-phrase, meditate and mourn. Over time I came to observe subtle changes and regrowth which bolstered my spirits. Not knowing how to end this series, I realized I had already moved on by printing works of the sun and moon, a simultaneous project.
Living through subsequent storms, feelings of shock and awe took turns as dueling psychological states. Over the years I came to realize that there are four distinct aspects: before, during, after and ever after, or the peaceful time before the next storm. I call these Squall, Tempest, Rustle and Sanctuary which collectively form The Hurricane Quartet.
When I returned after Katrina, I looked up and saw a fishing net draped like a sculpture on a tree. In 2012 I stared in disbelief at the New Orleans floodgate sign floating at my feet. Looking back, I realize I was naive to nature when in July 2005 I photographed a waterspout, thinking it an anomaly.
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Sequencing the project.720,960
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West Rigolets Lighthouse, 2005, archival pigment print.
From 1855 until the light was extinguished in July of 1861, this unique structure was a treasured beacon until it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Funnel Cloud, 2008, archival pigment print.640,960
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Bent, 2008, archival pigment print.
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Hanging Over Swamp, 2007, archival pigment print.
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Rustle, 2006, archival pigment print.640,960
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Washed Up Sign, Lake Pontchartrain, 2012, archival pigment print.
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Already Woven, 2008, archival pigment print.640,960
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Open Beak, 2009, archival pigment print.640,960
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Bayou Sauvage, 2012, archival pigment print.640,960
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Draped Sky, 2006, archival pigment print.
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Night Dream at Sea, 2011, archival pigment print.
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Vessel Looking Like the Someplace Else, 2009, archival pigment print.
The Someplace Else was the name of our boat lost in Hurricane Katrina.
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Trunk Crack, 2009, archival pigment print.
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Black Crow, 2008, archival pigment print.640,960
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Lunging Backwards Tree and Clouds, 2007, archival pigment print.
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White Bird, Tall Reeds, 2009, archival pigment print.
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Still Living, 2009, archival pigment print.640,960
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Honeycomb Combed Cotton and Tree Trunk, 2006, archival pigment print.
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Broken Branch Black Bird, 2007, archival pigment print.640,960
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Fiber Art Created by Hurricane Found in Tree, 2007, archival pigment print.
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Sky Ladder, 2009, archival pigment print.640,960
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Refrigerator Tossed in Tree, 2005, archival pigment print.
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Charred Center, 2010, archival pigment print.640,960
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Distant Sails, 2016, archival pigment print.640,960
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Three Forms of White Blooms, 2008, archival pigment print.640,960
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Eyed by a Gator, 2014, archival pigment print.640,960
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Boat Under Clouds, 2014, archival pigment print.640,960
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Rising Cloud, Lake Pontchartrain, 2014, archival pigment print.717,960
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Promise of Tomorrow, 2007, archival pigment print.640,960
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