Larry Towell: In the Wake of Katrina

Larry Towell

ISBN 10: 0954689496 / ISBN 13: 9780954689490

Published by Chris Boot, London, 2006

About this Item

Between 3 and 11 September 2005, photographer Larry Towell, accompanied by Southern novelist Ace Atkins, traveled along the coast of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, documenting the dramatic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Larry Towell: In the Wake of Katrina
• Publisher: Chris Boot, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0954689496
• ISBN 13: 9780954689490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 22.23W x 28.58H x 1.91D centimeters 22.23 centimeters width by 28.58 centimeters height by 1.91 centimeters depth
• Weight: 900 grams

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Synopsis

Between September 3-11, 2005, photographer Larry Towell, accompanied by Southern novelist Ace Atkins, traveled along the coast of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, documenting the dramatic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Towell's haunting and poetic landscapes - many of them panoramas - depict the devastation, and the lives of some of the people hit by it. This is an intimate, documentary record of the hurricane's impact and a tribute to human endurance. For his afterword, Ace Atkins revisited the same scenes six months later, reflecting on if and how the communities of the coast have been able to recover.

About the Author

In intimate photoessays that combine his interests in history and poetry, Towell's series on El Salvador and the Mennonites are landmarks of photojournalism. Exhibited worldwide, he has been honoured with the world's most prestigious photography prizes, including the Eugene Smith, Oskar Barnak, Roloff Beny, Alfred Eisenstadt, Hasselblad and Cartier-Bresson awards. He is a member of Magnum Photos.