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From 2002 to 2007 I was tasked by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to document everything associated with the response to and recovery from federally declared natural disasters. During those years I documented the damage these disasters caused, the response of FEMA and the work of other United States federal agencies, such as the National Guard and Corps of Engineers. My job also included documenting the work of volunteer agencies, including, but not limited to, the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
The disasters that I worked on (see list below) included the re-entry failure of the space shuttle Columbia, tornadoes, floods, forest fires and many hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina in which I spent seven months on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The photos for FEMA were shot in color using digital SLR cameras. There were no digital enhancements made to the photographs, only small adjustments were made for exposure.
Ohio – September 2007
Floods
Florida, Georgia – May 2007
Wildfires
Alabama, Georgia – March 2007
Tornadoes
Florida – February 2007
Tornadoes
Mississippi – August 2005-April 2006
Hurricane Katrina
Alabama – July 2005
Hurricane Dennis
Florida – August-December 2004
Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne
Kentucky – May 2004
Tornadoes, floods
North Carolina – September 2003
Hurricane Isabel
Florida – July 2003
Tornado
Tennesee – May 2003
F-4 tornado, floods, minor tornadoes
Texas – February 2003
Shuttle Columbia
Mississippi, Alabama, Florida – October 2002
Tropical Storm Isidore
