About to complete the order for the first of the three books.

On The Beach: I

On The Beach: II

On The Beach: III

Anon Photographer
Photos Provided to the NYT.

Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours

Provided to the NYT
Photographer Anonymous

Justice for Spill Victims, Like It or Not
By JOE NOCERA

Dead Coral Found Near Site of Gulf Oil Spill- New York Times

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.





----

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
__________________________________________________________________________

Oil and Gas 62.7 l 107,000

Tourism 38.1 l 524,000

Commercial Fishing 0.7 l 14,000

Researchers Found 40-Fold Increase In Carcinogenic Compounds In Gulf

Testing The Water


Testing The Water Mission Statement:
Our grassroots movement of concerned citizens is dedicated to ascertaining the true magnitude of health risks associated with exposure to oil and chemical dispersants in the Gulf waters through independent laboratory testing. Our citizen's coalition supports the advocation of the Precautionary Principle when it comes to Environmental Protection Safety.

I'm not quite back to working on the gulf stuff, but I keep coming back to this photo. Man, I knocked it out of the park with this one.