ONE BLOCK Block Party
Come to a block party to celebrate ONE BLOCK: A New Orleans Neiborhood Rebuilds (Photographs by Dave Anderson, Essay by Chris Rose) with the folks who lived through it and made it all happen on 500 Block of Caffin Street in Holy Cross in the Lower Nine.
There will be performances by Rebirth Brass Band and Little Freddie King, a photography exhibition by One Block residents and local artists Chaundra McCormick and Keith Calhoun, and special guests. And of course, there will be a booksigning and Octavia Books will have copies of ONE BLOCK at the event available for purchse.
One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds (Aperture, August 2010), photographs by Dave Anderson, essay by Chris Rose, is a powerful portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans as seen through the prism of a single city block whose residents are attempting to rebuild their homes. Using portraiture and still lifes, Anderson explores the very nature of community while testing its resilience. The block party, which takes place on the block where Anderson made the photographs, will mark the fifth anniversary of Katrina and celebrate the resiliency of this block and community.
Anderson’s compassionate treatment of the neighborhood’s difficult circumstances has drawn comparisons to the work of Dorothea Lange and other Farm Security Administration-funded photographers. Seventy years later, between the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina and the current housing crisis, the stability and permanence of the American home is once again in jeopardy.
One Block reflects Anderson’s affection for New Orleans and his fascination with the power of human resilience – both individually and collectively.
One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds (Hardcover)
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Aperture, 7/2010
- Street:
- 500 Caffin Ave.
- Additional:
- (between Chartres and Douglas Streets)
- City:
- New Orleans ,
- Province:
- Louisiana
- Postal Code:
- 70117
- Country:
- United States
