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'Katrina 366.' September 2006. The exhibition prepares to go on display at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans. 'Katrina 366' is the culmination of a year and a day photographing hurricane Katrina. The project started the day before the storm hit and takes in the devastating effects of the storm and her aftermath, culminating on the one year anniversary. The project is not a 'photograph a day,' it is the sum total of 366 days spent photographing events related to hurricane Katrina from the devastation of the storm to the struggle to rebuild and rise from the debris. May we never forget the estimated 1,833 victims of the storm. Thank you. A review of the show can be found here; http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/flood-of-images/Content?oid=1246452 A link to the original project can be found here; http://varleypix.photoshelter.com/gallery/Katrina-366-original-project/G0000hjKUIot9iVY/C0000Oun2UsCNKBE

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........

Scenes from the Lower 9th Ward. Australian tourists Bud Hopes (33yrs - Brisbane) and Michelle Van Grinsven (22yrs- Sydney) once trapped in the Superdome return to survey the damage. Military police detain suspected looters. 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

22 July 2006 .New Orleans. Louisiana. Movie director Spike Lee revisits New Orleans, the French Quarter and the shattered Lower 9th ward prior to the release of his HBO movie 'When the Levees Broke.' Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL, RM 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

09 July 2006. New Orleans. Louisiana. Finding Faith. Faith Figueroa stands at her mother Miriam's feet at the security enhanced entrance to their apartment in the devastated 9th ward. Following a ten month search for the little girl whose face appeared on the Sept 19th, 2005 cover of Newsweek magazine, Faith's mother, Miriam Figueroa has returned to town with her three children. Faith, (1 yrs), Anfernya (5yrs) and Jacquelyn (13 yrs). This is the first time I saw Faith since Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans on August 29th, 2005. 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

May 7th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Fats Domino. Jazzfest . The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. Legendary musician Fats Domino makes a brief appearance on the Acura Stage after an earlier hospital visit. Fats was supposed to close out Jazzfest, but was taken ill earlier in the day. He appeared briefly to apologise to the crowd that he would be unable to perform due to his ill health. Photo © Charlie Varley/varleyix.com

Billy Graham, New Orleans March 12th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Claiming this to be his last event preaching from the pulpit, the world's most famous evangelist, The Reverend Billy Graham addresses a capacity crowd at the New Orleans Arena as he brings his 'Celebration of Hope' weekend event to an end. Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com

23 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. The Krewe of Muses takes to the streets bringing joy back to the city at Mardi Gras for the first post hurricane Katrina parade. Muses is the only all women's Krewe to parade in New Orleans and is known for its satire, famous shoe throws and is generally considered one of the most popular parades of the Mardi Gras. Photo © Charlie Varley/varleypix.com

04 February, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Artist Eden Gass burns an alternative 'American flag.' Her flag, a Funerary banner for New Orleans was a delicately sewn black on black design with fleur de lis instead of the stars representing the states. Gass burned the flag at the end of the art show 'Katrina You Bitch' held at Barristers Art Gallery, the Zeitgeist Arts Center. Gass burned the flag in a purification ceremony. Children throw symbolic things collected from the city into the fire. Art and money returns to the city with a Saturday night art walk in Uptown New Orleans. 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

03 Feb 2006. New Orleans East, Louisiana. Tet, or Tet Nguyen Dan, Vietnamese Lunar New Year. Year of the Dog celebrations amongst the Vietnamese community which has rallied together and has made huge progress in repairing their community post Katrina. 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

02 Feb, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. The cast and directors of the movie Deja Vu give a press conference at the House of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana. Adam Goldberg, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel, Tony Scott, Jerry Buckheimer, Paula Patton and Denzel Washington. 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

02 Feb, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. Voice of the people. Pulitzer Prize nominated New Orleans author and Times Picayune columnist Chris Rose before the launch of his new book, 'One dead in Attic.' 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

01 Feb 2006. Uptown, New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. The Whole Foods supermarket reopens amidst great celebration 5 months after the city was hit by Hurricane Katrina. Customers wait outside before the doors open. 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

01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes. 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

30 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. Five months after hurricane Katrina hit the city, the University of New Orleans welcomes some 12,000 students back to their Lakefront campus with many lectures hosted in tents on the grounds of the campus. 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

30 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. Site of the 17th street canal breach in Lakeview where water poured into the area inundating thousands of homes. Much of the city remains in ruins 5 months after hurricane Katrina destroyed the levees, flooding the area. 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

Collect photographs of Eminem, Marshall Bruce Mathers III from infancy to marriage with Kimberly Anne Scott and daughter Hailie in happier times near St Joseph, Kansas. Pictures with his mother Debbie Nelson, aunt Tanya Deweese, uncle Steven Nelson in the 1970's. Images of Eminem's maternal grandmother Betty Kresin with her famous rapper grandson. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL 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

17 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. School re-opening. Principal Kathy Riedlinger greets parents and children returning to Lusher Charter School in uptown New Orleans on their first day back since Hurricane Katrina. Kathy lost her home and all her possessions to the storm and is currently living with friends. The school suffered $2 million in damages and has been repaired and returned to service with the help of contractors and parents who have worked tirelessly to re-open the facility to students. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL 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

16 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. Martin Luther King Jr parade. The C3/Hands off Iberville coalition march almost 6 miles from the devastated Lower Ninth Ward to downtown New Orleans in an alternative protest to the Mayor's officially sanctioned celebrations marking Martin Luther King Jr day. The protest remembered those who perished and stands up for the rights of displaced, primarily african americans. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL 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

15 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. Before the shooting begins. A coalition of 27 social aid and pleasure clubs join forces for a second line parade with the Rebirth Brass band reclaiming the streets of New Orleans. This was the first second line to return to New Orleans following hurricane Katrina. Tragically the parade ended with a shooting, the first such shooting to return to the streets of New Orleans since the storm. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL 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

12 Jan 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. School girls from the academy of the Sacred Heart protest the lack of effective levees in New Orleans as President George Bush comes to town. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL 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

07 Jan,2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. Old world meets new. The Battle of New Orleans re-enactment at Packenham Oaks in Chalmette near New Orleans, Louisiana. Period costumed British and American men along with 'irregulars' from the Independence/Civil War period commemorated the battle of Jan 8th, 1815 - the last battle of the war of 1812. The British led by General Edward Packenham were soundly defeated by troops hastily assembled by General Andrew Jackson. 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

07 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina. A representative from FEMA talks to soldiers at the Battle of New Orleans re-enactment at Packenham Oaks in Chalmette near New Orleans, Louisiana to ensure any that need assistance are claiming it. Period costumed British and American men along with 'irregulars' from the Independence/Civil War period commemorated the battle of Jan 8th, 1815 - the last battle of the war of 1812. The British led by General Edward Packenham were soundly defeated by troops hastily assembled by General Andrew Jackson. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL 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

06 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath. 12th Night, New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras begins. The Mardi Gras krewe of Phunny Phorty Phellows gather on Canal Street to take a street car through the city. Their traditional route along St Charles Ave had to be cancelled because street cars are still unable to travel the route. 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

04 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath. Magnet man Chris Cressionnie and his dog Mika with his 1994 Chevy Blazer. Chris traversed New Orleans after the hurricane collecting fridge magnets from all the discarded fridges left abandoned and stinking in the streets. He now has a collection of thousands of magnets and residents continue to donate magnets as do people from all across the USA. 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

03 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Barbies and boots return home. Items taken by a young girl during the mass evacuation of New Orleans finally return home. 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

01 January, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath. New Year's Day in New Orleans, Louisiana. Louisiana Rebirth interfaith service at the Superdome rings out the old disastrous 2005 and rings in what politicians and locals hope will be a successful 2006. Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu rings in the New Year with US Senator Mary Landrieu, Mayor Ray Nagin, Governor Kathleen Blanco and religious leaders. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL 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

Big Chief Theodore "Bo" Dollis, who led the Wild Magnolia tribe of Mardi Gras Indians in performances around the world passed away January 20th, 2015. He was 71. Please note – Use of these images is restricted to EDITORIAL use only. No model/property releases are supplied unless stipulated. For any potential commercial use please contact varleypix.com. Cutting/copying/pasting/printing images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. ONLINE Media/bloggers please note - your use of images DOES NOT constitute 'personal' sales, this is considered editorial use - editorial rates apply. All images ©varleypix.com 1990-2015.