A Katrina Photographer Returns to New Orleans — Again and Again

Like a Hurricane
Photographer Mario Tama arrived in New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005, after he was dispatched by the agency Getty Images to document what was shaping up to be one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.

• Mario Tama's book: Coming Back, New Orleans Resurgent
• TIME: Katrina, Five Years Later