Simon and Madison just got back from Cut Off, Louisiana to cover the catastrophe in the gulf. Here are some sample images from the documentary they shot. In talking to Simon this morning, it looks as though they will be going back in a few weeks for even more. He said that words cannot express the heavy feeling that is abundant in everyone’s lives there now. It is extremely emotional for everyone, and being there, was almost too much to handle.

A poignant mural along LA Highway 1.

Artistic expression of the impact and pain to and on the community due to the oil spill.

An emotional closed sign nailed to a fishing supply shop along LA Highway 1.

An emotional closed sign nailed to a fishing supply shop along LA Highway 1.

More signs of the impact on the community.

The faces behind the signs. In Cut Off, Louisiana, the wife and son of a American-Indian Shrimper who, being formally educated only to the 7th grade, lives and breaths shrimp. The shrimp is gone, the shrimping is gone and so is their way of life.

A grim reminder of all that is lost due to the oil spillage.

A sign reminding tourists and locals that the beach is closed in Grand Isle, LA.

An empty pier that should be the sunny-time home to hundreds of sport fisherman.

Beach cleaners in Grand Isle State Park, LA.

Kiddie pools used to clean the boots of oil-cleanup workers in Grand Isle State Park, LA.

An oil-cleanup worker walks back to the air-conditioned tents on a break.

One of many large, air-conditioned tents BP and the Gov’t has set up to support the oil-cleanup workers.

A dormant shrimp boat in what should be the peak season. This time last year 300,000 lbs of shrimp per day were coming through these docks.

Shrimp retrieval equipment at Dean Blanchard Seafood Inc sits still and quiet in what should be the peak Shrimping season.

One of many signs adorning Dean Blanchard Seafood Inc office buildings.

Eerily quiet, a shrimp scale hangs unused at Dean Blanchard Seafood Inc.

Stacks of empty and unused shrimp containers in Dean Blanchard Seafood Inc’s yard.

The faces behind the signs. In Cut Off, Louisiana, the wife and son of a American-Indian Shrimper who, being formally educated only to the 7th grade, lives and breaths shrimp. The shrimp is gone, the shrimping is gone and so is their way of life.

Deke

Via – Simon & Madison