\"Guitar from the breach neighborhood\" - While driving down Fleur de Lis Blvd., I caught…

A broken acoustic guitar, snapped at the neck with loose strings dangling, lies atop a cracked layer of dried mud coating a lawn—residue left by Hurricane Katrina floodwaters.

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Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

"Guitar from the breach neighborhood" - While driving down Fleur de Lis Blvd., I caught a glimpse of this and turned the car around for a closer look. A layer of cracked mud, from flood water silt, is a surreal blanket for this broken guitar on top of someone's St. Augustine lawn. People have asked me if I arranged the guitar like you see in this photograph. I found this image just as you see it and never touched the guitar.

This photo was selected for the cover of "Broken" A Tribute to the Surviving Spirit of the 2005 Hurricane Evacuees. Lyrics by Torrie Keller, performed by Michelle Wall.

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“\"Guitar from the breach neighborhood\" - While driving down Fleur de Lis Blvd., I caught…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3462.