Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - (Page 25) Editor’s Note: Nearly three years have passed since Hurricane Katrina and the resultant levee failures laid waste to much of metro New Orleans. As artists continue to respond to the disaster and its aftereffects, Louisiana Cultural Vistas will continue to offer our readers their creative output from this seminal event. Hurricane AFTER Katrina, in September 2005, photographer Robert Polidori came to New Orleans where as an adolescent he had lived for a few years in a Gentilly neighborhood. The artist shot photographs of the devastation for the New Yorker magazine where he was then staff photographer. Polidori stayed longer in New Orleans than he originally planned. He would make four extended visits to the city through April 2006. Polidori took hundreds of pictures with a large-format camera that produced wide, superbly detailed color photographs filled with pathos. Polidori‘s quietly expressive photographs present a candid and intimate look at widespread destruction in New Orleans — an incomprehensible landscape of felled trees, rooms caked with mud, cruelly tumbled furniture and houses washed off foundations. The color photographs were made by the artist to validate and honor the lives of the families who lost their homes: “It has long been my conviction that rooms are both metaphors and catalysts for states of being, and are continues on page 38 photo essay by Robert Polidori Summer 2008/LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 25
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 Contents Friends Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina The Historic New Orleans Collection After The Flood Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton Louisiana Foodways Louisiana Architecture Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 Jazz Notes The Ogden Museum of Southern Art Louisiana Association of Museums Nature of the “Beast” Louisiana State Museum Bookstand Sound Advice Forum Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 (Page Cover1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 (Page Cover2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Contents (Page 1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Friends (Page 2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Editor’s Column (Page 3) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 4) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 5) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 6) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 7) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 8) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 9) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 10) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 11) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 12) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 13) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 14) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 15) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 16) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 17) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 18) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 19) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 20) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 21) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 22) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 23) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 24) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 25) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 26) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 27) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 28) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 29) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 30) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 31) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 32) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 33) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 34) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 35) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 36) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 37) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 38) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 39) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 40) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 41) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 42) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 43) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 44) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 45) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 46) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 47) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 48) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 49) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 50) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 51) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 52) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 53) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 54) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 55) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 56) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 57) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Foodways (Page 58) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Foodways (Page 59) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Architecture (Page 60) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Architecture (Page 61) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 62) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 63) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 64) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 65) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 66) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 67) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 68) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 69) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 70) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 71) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 72) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Jazz Notes (Page 73) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Page 74) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Page 75) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Page 76) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Page 77) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Association of Museums (Page 78) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Association of Museums (Page 79) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 80) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 81) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 82) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 83) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 84) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 85) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 86) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 87) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 88) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 89) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 90) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 91) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Bookstand (Page 92) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Bookstand (Page 93) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Sound Advice (Page 94) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Sound Advice (Page 95) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Forum (Page 96) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Forum (Page Cover3) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Forum (Page Cover4)
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