San Antonio Express-News photojournalist Lisa Krantz has been drawn back to New Orleans several times since Katrina. In her most recent endeavor, she's using audio, video and stills to tell the story of those who have been deserted since Katrina. Through the eyes of those in one neighborhood, you see how they truly struggle to find home, without a house.
Press Park was built in the late 1960s as a pathway to the American Dream for low-income residents. But the neighborhood hid a nightmare. The homes were built over a landfill that environmental testing showed was leaching dangerous chemicals. In response, the federal government placed the neighborhood on the nation's infamous Superfund list.
In 2005, Mother Nature did what chemical contamination and a wave of litigation couldn't. It wiped out the neighborhood. With the hope of rebuilding, four families have returned to the only place they've called home. That rebuilding is nowhere in sight.
Krantz is a good friend and a great photographer. She is an insane work-a-holic and a bit of a perfectionist -- and it really shows in this Katrina stuff. She inspires me, so go check her stuff out.
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