Stan Strembicki - Memory Loss

Memory Loss, A Post Katrina Photo Album

Hurricane Katrina was the largest and third strongest storm ever to hit the United States. The official final death toll was at 1,836 victims, and millions were left homeless or affected in one way or another by the damage caused by the hurricane. Strembicki went back to what was left of New Orleans a month after being hit by Katrina

   

For his series Memory Loss, Strembicki found and photographed half-burnt and disfigured pictures of weddings, communions, family portraits, or simple scenes of daily life. As if death and destruction weren’t enough, Katrina had tried to erase memories as well.

  

http://faculty.samfox.wustl.edu/strembicki/PostKatrinaNOLA4.html

When I was looking for photos related to memory loss I found Stan Strembricki who found photos left behind by hurricane Katrina and put together this amazing album showing photos that were important memories to people which are now ruined and missing parts. Which I think can be linked to people loosing their memory.