Massive stretches of weathered oil spotted in Gulf of Mexico by Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune

October 23, 2010

I came up with the intent of working full force on the big show but a few things happened that made me want to come back to On The Beach, which is new work I'm still thinking about and working on shooting and hadn't really thought that I was ready to come back to it. But it's been in my head and I saw this kid's bracelets at a Starbucks up here and knew I had to get to business.

I'm finding that the great majority of the portraits are out.





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Louisiana Builds Barriers Even as Oil Disperses

On The Beach is going to be at least a 5 year long project. I'm looking at the work and it's just the start.

Bathers

Economy of the U.S. Gulf

Annual Revenue in Billions l Jobs
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Oil and Gas 62.7 l 107,000

Tourism 38.1 l 524,000

Commercial Fishing 0.7 l 14,000