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Mario Tama |
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New Orleans: When The Levees Broke |
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December 13, 2005 - February 5, 2006 |
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"10,000 River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can
not tame that lawless stream, cannot curb it or confine it, can not say to
it, Go here or Go there, and make it obey; cannot save a shore which it has
sentenced; cannot bar its path with an obstruction which it will not tear
down, dance over and laugh at." -- Mark Twain, LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
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Artist's Statement: Hurricane Katrina's devastating effects on the people of New Orleans were felt long after the storm's 140mph winds had passed. Situated an average of six feet below sea level, the Big Easy's security had long been dubiously ensured by a system of levees hundreds of miles long that were never designed to withstand a hurricane of Katrina's ferocity. Recent investigation has shown that poor oversight and construction of the levees further helped to seal the fate of the city. Prior to the hurricane, an estimated 57,000 families did not own an automobile in New Orleans and no means of evacuation were provided. Those forgotten were left to fight for their lives when the levees failed, leading to more than 1,000 deaths and one of the largest humanitarian tragedies in American history. The scenes of a Third World crisis in a city with a near-30 percent poverty rate lifted the veil on the plight of the poor, predominantly African-American, residents of New Orleans. |
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Mario Tama studied photojournalism at Rochester Institute of Technology and graduated in 1993. He began shooting for the Journal newspapers in suburban Washington, DC. Tama then freelanced for the Washington Post and Agence France-Presse in Washington, where he covered President Clinton's impeachment and the 2000 elections. He joined Getty Images in 2001 and has covered global events including September 11, the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. He has received numerous awards from Pictures of the Year International, the National Press Photographers Association's Best of Photojournalism competition and the White House News Photographers Association. His work on Baghdad's orphans was shown in 2004 at the International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, France. His photographs from Hurricane Katrina were featured in National Geographic, Newsweek and newspapers worldwide.
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Photography series
curated by Michelle
Jackson Michelle Jackson has been
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Previous exhibitions at The Half King For further information on these exhibits, please go here.
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