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print this page"A Matter of Faith"- rebuilding a community through faith based institutions
Stan Strembicki
Friday, October 18 - 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Conference Hall
In 2005 I first photographed the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans arriving 30 days after the storm passed and while the city was still officially closed. I photographed 41 houses of worship/churches in the Lower 9th ward. My end goal was to rephotograph these locations after they had rebuilt. In the first year I photographed the ruined churches and kept detailed records of locations and information on the congregations. Sadly, many of these sites were also demolished or remain gutted, waiting rebuilding. Over time I have revisited many of the sites, and in some cases documented the rebuilding efforts. I began this project thinking it was about documenting the rebuilding efforts as an architectural project but I started meeting with pastors, deacons and parishioners and shifted to include portrait of them as well as recording their stories of the storm and rebuilding efforts. This presentation documents this 19 year effort.
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