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24th November 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Not amusing any more. 'Closed for storm.' Six Flags amusement park radiates an eerie post apocalyptic sense of foreboding in it's abandonment. The park was destroyed by hurricane Katrina , stripped by copper thieves and is slowly being reclaimed by the land it stands on. It is slated for demolition in January 20111 following a lease dispute between the City and Six Flags. The old rollercoater looms large in the early morning mist. Please note – Use of these images is restricted to EDITORIAL or personal 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 1990-2016.

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

29 August 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Hurricane Katrina 5th anniversary. Hollywood actress and philanthropist Sandra Bullock arrives at Warren Easton High School for a ribbon cutting ceremony. Bullock has donated considerable funds to the school enabling it to return and recover from hurricane Katrina. She is considered their 'angel.' Photo credit ©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com All Rights Reserved. © 2024

01 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana, USA. Spike Lee on set in Chalmette for his latest movie, 'If God is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise.' Photo; Charlie Varley. Please note - Use of any celebrity/musician/band photographs is strictly restricted to Rights Managed EDITORIAL use only. Cutting/copying/pasting images to web sites/blogs without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you.

The BP British Petroleum Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon oil blow out disaster. Oil begins to wash ashore on Grand Isle, Louisia as the pollution and devastation from the world's largest marine oil disaster spreads.

Gulf Aid - a benefit festival for Louisiana fishermen and our coast in response to the BP Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Lenny Kravitz, Dr John, Tim Robbins and other celebrity guests and singers in attendance.

BP Oil spill. The disastrous BP Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon blowout and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Dead fish wash up on just a half mile stretch of beach near Waveland, Mississippi. Whether it's early indications of oil pollution, or catch tossed from a local fishing pier, it is tragic to find so many dead fish in such a short stretch of beach. Either way, it shows a callous disregard for the environment in which we live. Meanwhile all around locals, tourists and visitors relax and enjoy the beauty of South Beach, an hour from New Orleans. Just a few miles off the coast, an impending disaster looms. With the continual flood of oil washing into the Gulf of Mexico and as winds turn and begin to push from the south, it is only and matter of when, not if the oil reaches the beaches. The barrier islands offshore are taking a battering soaking up the initial fronts of oil threatening everything in it's ever encroaching path.

Sierra Club rally to demonstrate against British Petroleum's massive devastating oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico following the BP Macondo Well blow out.

BP Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. Sport fishermen land yellow fin tuna and other predator species caught to the west of the giant BP oil spill. Nobody is sure how much longer they will be able to catch fish in the region. Charter boat captains, rental camps and hotels are reporting mass cancellations of fishing trips and other vacations to the Gulf Coast region.

BP Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.

The disastrous BP Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon blowout and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

'King of the Blues.' B.B. King Please note - Use of any celebrity/musician/band photographs is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL use only. Cutting/copying/pasting images to web sites/blogs without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you.

Danziger Bridge, New Orleans. On September 4th, 2005 in the chaos following hurricane Katrina, 5 New Orleans Police officers were involved in a fatal shooting on the bridge. Seventeen-year-old James Brissette was killed, and four others -- Jose Holmes, 19, his aunt, Susan Bartholomew, his uncle, Leonard Bartholomew III, and a teenage cousin, Lesha Bartholomew - were wounded. Two brothers, Lance and Ronald Madison, were walking on the bridge, and when they heard the gunfire began to run. The officers chased the brothers down, and injured Ronald, who was later fatally shot in the back as he tried to run away. Lance Madison was arrested and accused of firing at police. 5 NOPD officers, Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Robert Faulcon and Anthony Villavaso as well as Arthur Kaufman were tried and convicted of Civil Rights Violations. U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt just granted a new trial for the five former New Orleans Police Department officers convicted in the Danziger Bridge shooting and the subsequent cover-up. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sal Perricone and the former first assistant U.S. attorney Jan Mann left US Attorney Jim Letten's office in disgrace following the discovery that both had been posting anonymous commentary on various cases to the NOLA.com blog. In March 2010 I photographed relatives caught up the crossfire, devastated by their losses. They now have to go through the trauma all over again as they seek justice for their loved ones. http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/09/reversal_of_danziger_bridge_co.html#incart_m-rpt-1

09 February 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The New Orleans Saints parade the Lombardi Trophy through the streets of New Orleans following their history victory over the Colts to win Superbowl 44. Team owner Tom Benson, his wife Gayle, grand daughter Rita Benson Leblanc, coach Sean Payton, Drew Brees and players leadsthe team as Saints Mania captures New Orleans like no other parade. The New Orleans Saints victorous NFL football team makes its way from the Superdome through the city. Photo©; Charlie Varley. Varleypix.com

07 February 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Super Bowl XL1V. New Orleans Saints fans gather in the French Quarter in anticipation of the big game in Miami later in the day as the home team goes head to head with the Indianapolis Colts for Super Bowl 44. In the midst of all the chaos, it's Mardi Gras and the Barkus dog parade takes to the streets. Photo ©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com