Not As Seen On T.V: Hurricane Katrina Destruction and Rebuilding Efforts

Albany, NY – On Monday October 30, from 6 – 8 PM, The Harriet Tubman High School at 103 Schuyler Street in Albany will host a free reception for the one-night photography exhibition entitled Not As Seen On T.V.: Katrina Destruction and Rebuilding Efforts. The photographs on display were taken by local students from the Albany Free School during a trip to New Orleans.

Not As Seen On T.V: Hurricane Katrina Destruction and Rebuilding Efforts
A Photography Exhibition by Local Students of the Capital Region

Albany, NY – On Monday October 30, from 6 – 8 PM, The Harriet Tubman High School at 103 Schuyler Street in Albany will host a free reception for the one-night photography exhibition entitled Not As Seen On T.V.: Katrina Destruction and Rebuilding Efforts. The photographs on display were taken by local students from the Albany Free School during a trip to New Orleans.

In May of 2006, nine students and two teachers from the Albany Free School traveled to New Orleans to work with the Common Ground Collective, a grassroots organization started in the days immediately following Hurricane Katrina. The students spent four days working in New Orleans’ flood-ravaged Ninth Ward, helping with projects ranging from gardening to food preparation and distribution. While there, three of the students and one of the teachers documented their experiences resulting in a compelling and eye-opening photographic essay. The images depict both the devastating destruction and the inspiring grassroots responses that continue to this day.

The photography exhibition, Not As Seen On T.V: Katrina Destruction and Rebuilding Efforts was sponsored by the Albany Free School, The Harriet Tubman High School, and unseenamerica NYS. The Albany Free School is an inner city, multicultural, democratic freedom-based school in Albany, NY. The Harriet Tubman High School is the brand new High School program of the Albany Free School. unseenamerica NYS is a project that gives those that are unseen the tools and opportunities to become seen and is a collaboration of the the Workforce Development Institute, the NYS AFL-CIO, and the Bread and Roses Cultural Project of 1199SEIU.

All ages are invited to the free reception for this one-night photography exhibition, Not As Seen On T.V: Katrina Destruction and Rebuilding Efforts, on Monday October 30, from 6 – 8 PM. The exhibition will be at the Harriet Tubman High School in the Howe Branch of the Albany Public Library located at 103 Schuyler Street on the corner of Broad & Schuyler in Albany, NY.

For more information about the exhibition contact Zoeann Murphy the Regional Coordinator for unseenamerica NYS at 518.269.2233 or unseenamerica@wdiny.org.