A Katrina Photographer Returns to New Orleans — Again and Again

A Long Way to Go
New Orleans is still a long way from regaining its former glory. Tama holds hope for the development of the public charter schools. All the royalties from the sale of Coming Back will go to New Schools for New Orleans, a nonprofit attached to the city's ambitious school program.

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