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29 August 2015. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina 10th anniversary memorial services, second lines and politicians. A decade of the storm comes to a close. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina 9th anniversary from the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans.

Hurricane Katrina 8th anniversary memorial. Images from the Lower 9th Ward.

29 August 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. On the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Isaac swept ashore. The hurricane batters Uptown New Orleans in the early hours of the morning. Police and the Louisiana National Guard patrol the city as trees crash on homes and debris litters the flooded streets. Emergency evacuations. Woman, children and their pets are evacuated by the Louisiana National Guard from the inundated community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans following the overtopping of a levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses Photo credit ©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com All Rights Reserved. © 2024

29 August 2011. Lower 9th Ward. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Hurricane Katrina 6 years later. Politicians come to speak, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Make it Right houses spring up as inspired by Brad Pitt, residents and visitors turn the somber memorial into a celebration of life as they parade in a 'second line' along once devastated Tennessee Street, a neighbourhood rejuvenated by Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation. The Big Nine Social Aid and and Pleasure Club performed, backed up by the Sons of Jazz brass band. Danziger Bridge revisited with Dr Romell Madison, brother of the notorious bridge shooting victim Ronald Madison and James Brissette who were killed by New Orleans police in the days following hurricane Katrina. Five officers were later convicted of their murders and of depriving them and four other victims of their civil rights. Photo credit ©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com All Rights Reserved. © 2024

29 August 2010. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina remembered. Local politicians and dignitaries including council woman Karen Carter, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-California) and Congressman Anh Joseph Cao (R-Louisiana), mayor Mitch Landrieu, General Russel Honore, Senator David Vitter, survivor Robert Green, Second line parades, Mardi Gras indians and returnees join in the memorial services in and around the Lower 9th Ward. Make it Right Foundation formed by Hollywood star Brad Pitt continues to build new homes in the area. Photo ©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com All Rights Reserved. © 2024

29aug09-Hurricane Katrina 4th memorial The 4th anniversary for Hurricane Katrina is solemly remembered in the Lower 9th Ward following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Pockets of rebuilding and rebirth exist, mainly thanks to Hollywood celebrity Brad Pitt's make it Right Foundation. Dignitaries arrived to make speeches including, Mayor Ray C Nagin, his wife Seletha Nagin, Thomas Pepper, director of Common Ground, Tom Darden, Executive Director of Make it Right, Congressman Joseph Anh Coa, Council President Arnie Fielkow, Councilwoman Cynthia Willard Lewis, Congressman Charlie Melancon and his wife Peachy Clark, Tony Russell, head of FEMA, Councilman James Carter and State Representative Cedric Richmond and councilwoman jackie Clarkson amongst others. Architects toured the houses they were responsible for designing for Make it Right. Meanwhile block after block has been left to nature to reclaim amidst the abandoned lots and streets of the still largely derelict area. Photo ©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com All Rights Reserved. © 2024

29aug08-Hurricane Katrina memorial & Hurrican Gustav preparation. From Jazz funerals led by Mardi Gras Indians to the Big Nine social and pleasure club leading mourners on a march through the Lower 9th Ward on the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Reality TV Celebrity Mike Holmes of the TV show Holmes on Homes works to help prepare a Brad Pitt make it Right home ready for the new occupants as the area slowly begins the recovery process. Local councillor Cynthia Hedge-Morrell throws a wreath from the Claiborne Avenue Bridge into the Industrial Canal. Locals bury a symbolic coffin as they remember those killed by the storm. Abandoned overgrown lots remain in place as local and state government dismally fail to restore the area devastated by the storm. The Louisiana National Guard arrives in force at the Convention Center as the city braces for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Gustav. Shoppers clear the shelves at the Uptown Walmart as they stock up ready for the storm. Photo © Charlie Varley/varleypix.com All Rights Reserved. © 2024

29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Residents gather at the hurricane Katrina memorial in the Lower 9th Ward to remember those who perished when the industrial canal levee breached less than a mile from where they stand. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

29 August 2006. Lower 9th Ward. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane katrina 1st anniversary. The Great Flood commemoration and memorial ceremony; to 'honor and remember our loved ones who have passed.' Wreath laying, sadness, joy, mourners, media, dereliction, despair, rebirth, rebuilding, immigrant labor, labour, NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams, anchor, hot, heat, contractors, sunset, pier, silhouette, fisherman and more. The first year behind us........