Aperture at Hurricane Katrina Fifth Anniversary Weekend in New Orleans
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Andrea Smith, Director of Communications, Aperture represented us in New Orleans during the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina last weekend. She attended on the occasion of the publication of Destroy This Memory, photographs by Richard Misrach, and One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds, photographs by Dave Anderson, books from Aperture that document and reflect on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans’ road to recovery. See images above from the artist’s exhibitions: Anderson’s opening at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and Misrach’s opening at the New Orleans Museum of Art, as well as the Block Party on One Block. Read below Andrea’s account of a truly memorable experience.
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