Religion in the Ruins of Katrina

The Crucifixion and Flag, 2007, Lower 9th Ward 
With a deep interest in religion, Fleming Caffery who had been introduced 
through Sugar Cane Harvesters to
Debbie Fleming Caffery

The Crucifixion and Flag, Lower Ninth Ward, 2007
With an interest in religion, Caffery — who was introduced to the area's African-American churches in the 1970s through Sugar Cane Harvesters — began to document the ruins of places of worship in the Lower Ninth Ward. "I went into every church I could get into," she says.

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