Reaching for The Light

It's still so easy to be angry. Last August, a single storm swamped and choked and nearly killed a major American city, as the government seemed to abandon its residents. The shock and outrage have haunted New Orleans, a famously nostalgic city that has always lived closely with the ghosts of its past. But today's challenge is to look forward, not back. Photographer Anthony Suau visited southeastern Louisiana five times over the past year to document the tribulations and occasional triumphs of a region struggling to rebuild. Meanwhile, new threats are always gathering off our shores, along our fault lines and...

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