While traveling through the beautiful areas of Manhattan to the common event, "Meet the Artist," at Macaulay Honors College, I didn't think the art would be about a tragedy that had happened in New Orleans. It shocked me in the beginning because I couldn't think of any art in such a tragic place. However, the photographer/artist, Thomas Neff, proved me wrong. He enjoyed speaking with the people in New Orleans, while helping them out of the their overflowed homes. He took pictures of reality that had happened there.

Hurricane Katrina is a horrible event that took place in America. I remember when it happened but I really didn't know how bad the devestation was. When Thomas Neff began showing his photograhs and speaking about how people were living I was shocked. I never really thought that it was that horrible in New Orleans. I can't believe how some people were living. I thought his photographs really captured the feeling of the people who stayed behind. My favorite photograph is the one above.