The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.
Post-Katrina photographs by Lorraine Monseu. Monseu is a visual artist who also worked as a circus sign painter, actress, clown, and stiltwalker in New Orleans from 1995 to 2006. She was forced to relocate because of high post-Katrina housing costs. She hopes to return to the city soon.