9:00-photograph Holy Cross (9th ward)
12:30-visit the Ogden Museum
3:30-Photograph French Quarters (major tourist trap!!!)
8:15-group edit session
11:30-bed time
Reactions: This was the first day i had a chance to get hands on with the environment that I was exposed to on Monday. The first place we visited was known as a the Holy Cross witch is located in the 9th ward and near the leeves. During our three hour photograph session my group ran into a woman that introduced herself as Shelia; in turn she introduced us to a woman, Miss Stacey, who was willing to walk us through her house and give us a background on the long history of Holy Cross. Miss Stacey loves the neighborhood for it's multicultural, multidiverse, and it's multiclass. She gave us a tour of her currently renovated house that was damaged by the floods and Katrina; she is living in a FEMA trailer until the renovations are completed. A photograph of her house is shown below. As far as the neighborhood as a whole, some have returned to their homes and others have not; some may never return at all. Walking from house to house, you can tell which are lived in are are not.
The second area we photographed that day was the French Quarters (Bourbon St. is located there). I quickly realized that it was a huge tourist trap. There was a extensive amount of people who hassled us for money or information on what we were up to. I had one friend get hit one by "The Ballon Man" and many in the editorial group were harassed for taking pictures. I did get one prize possision while spending the evening in the french quarters; it is the image shown below. By the way dad, this was the photo I was taking when you called me that night! ;-)
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