COMING BACK: NEW ORLEANS RESURGENT begins on Thursday, July 8. The exhibition features a moving body of award-winning pictures captured by Getty Images photographer Mario Tama of Hurricane Katrina’s shocking disaster and the community’s resilience of recovery, hope and change. COMING BACK: NEW ORLEANS RESURGENT contextualizes the fifth anniversary of Katrina with a primary focus on the strength of human spirit and rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast, now needed more than ever.
Tama’s imagery from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina stood out among the vast media coverage and earned him numerous accolades and recognition. Remarkably, when the catastrophe waned and other press went away, Tama stayed with the support and encouragement of his colleagues at Getty Images and continued to document the process of recovery (and some of its terrible failures). With a journalist’s determination, an artist’s eye, and a humanitarian’s heart, Tama eloquently captures the resilience of the human spirit even amid such immense struggle, creating an optimistic portrait of New Orleans rather than one of only destruction.
The book version of COMING BACK: NEW ORLEANS RESURGENT (Umbrage, September 2010) will be released on September 7th, with a moving introductory essay by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper (100% of Getty Images’ royalties from the book will benefit New Schools for New Orleans).
Coming Back: New Orleans Resurgent
Getty Images photographer Mario Tama
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 8th, 2010 6-8 pm
Umbrage Gallery
111 Front St., Suite 208
Brooklyn, NY 11201
