'Ghost Town', Thomas Dworzak

Magnum Photos, 25 September 2005

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In collaboration with Magnum Photos, openDemocracy launches the first in a special series of interactive photo-essays. This week: Thomas Dworzak captures the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

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Ghost Town, Thomas Dworzak, copyright Magnum Photos
“Ghost Town”, Thomas Dworzak © Magnum Photos

Why was the US government so ill-prepared for Hurricane Katrina? What are the over-reaching ethnic and social implications? What now for New Orleans? Will it ever be the same again once it has been reconstructed? These are some of the questions that Thomas Dworzak poses in his photo-essay. Click here to view images and listen to his personal narrative of how the events unfolded.

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