UPDATED: Zoe Strauss’s Gulf Coast photos and update
Posted on | July 16, 2010 | No Comments
UPDATE:
I’m going to be working on this project for the rest of July…
I’m heading to New Orleans Tuesday for a month’s stay; like everyone, I’ve been very aware of the further assault upon the Gulf Coast by the BP oil spill. I got this email yesterday from the fabulous Zoe Strauss, and I wanted to share it with this site’s visitors:
Dear Friends,
I’m coming back from the Gulf with some terrible news. Yesterday and today I was in Waveland, Mississippi and the oiling wasn’t just on the beach, it’s already moved inland into the wetlands. The oil on the beach and in the water is beyond what I could have imagined. I think this disaster is going to destroy the Southern US Gulf region, it’s going to kill the wetlands. God knows I hope I’m completely wrong about that, but from what I saw I can’t see how they can be saved.
I’ve got a lot to sort out and I just started to save the photos. I hope to have some more posted by Monday with a much longer update.
I’ve got to sort out the “art” from the “journalist” possibilities, I’m pretty sure 3 or 4 these photos are important to show as a straight forward recording of what’s happening there. But to be honest,the scope of what’s happened is impossible to articulate, in words or photos.
With Love,
ZS
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