Winter Light

by Ray Laskowitz on February 28, 2015February 28, 2015

One day it’s cloudy. One day it’s bright. One day it’s cold. One day it warms up.

Then, there are the hourly changes.

That’s Southeast Louisiana.

Enjoy it while you can.

Somewhere Out There

by Ray Laskowitz on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015

I got the idea for publishing the top picture from a Facebook friend who said something like she didn’t think telephone poles could be art until she saw a picture I published a couple of days ago. Well, if poles lining the sides of pictures might be art, what about a picture made up of telephone and power poles?

I used to work very hard at keeping telephone poles and the like out of pictures.Then, one day. Ah ha. They are part of the scene. Leave them in. Make them work with the scene. Scenics got much easier.

Anyway.

More dystopia from the 9th Ward. Florida Street and The Intracoastal Canal, to be exact.

Rebirth

by Ray Laskowitz on February 26, 2015February 26, 2015

Rebirth. Nature always seeks stasis. Even among the ruins of The Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

Winter 2015. New Orleans.

The Edge

by Ray Laskowitz on February 25, 2015February 25, 2015

New Orleans.

It’s not quite what you think. Is it?

When you get out in the far reaches of the 9th Ward, the city turns into country and back again.

I made this picture from the levee at the Industrial Canal. This is the levee that broke and flooded the Lower 9th Ward. But this is closer to the lake. This section didn’t break. This place looks like what it is. Farm land. It is under sea level. It was better used as small truck farms.

New Orleans. Winter 2015.

A Little Change

by Ray Laskowitz on February 24, 2015February 24, 2015

Missing. Ain’t der no mo’. There used to be houses in that field. Hurricane Katrina took care of that.

Here we are.

A decade later and the area looks pretty good. But… check out the details. Look at that house in the background, on the left. It still has a blue plastic roof. A Katrina roof. It looks boarded up. All of it looks pretty permanent. Somebody gave up.

If the field in the foreground wasn’t starting its early Springtime growth, you’d see pieces and parts of what was there once.

By the way, you can’t see it in this picture, but behind me and to the left is the levee. It’s part of the one that broke so badly. A decade ago. Funny how time flies when you are having fun.

In a Jazzy Place

by Ray Laskowitz on February 23, 2015February 23, 2015

Lots of brass instruments in a French Quarter window.

Remember that really colorful second hand-antique store picture I published a couple of days ago? This place was two doors down from it. Sometimes, it’s easy. Sometimes it’s very hard. Georgia O’Keeffe was once quoted as saying that she never worked when it was hard. Lucky her.