In Katrina's Wake: Restoring a Sense of Place

The World Monuments Fund Gallery in New York will exhibit works by acclaimed photographer Stephen Wilkes, who tells the stories of two devastated Gulf Coast communities.

For those of you in New York City, or passing through NYC, who are interested in the work being done by the The World Monuments Fund on the Gulf Coast, In Katrina's Wake: Restoring a Sense of Place will be on view from September 14 to December 1, 2006.

The exhibition will feature 26 photographs of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans' Ninth Ward. The communities have been united by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the slow restoration of their communities and their lives.

The World Monuments Fund Gallery is located at: 15 East 27th Street (between Madison and Fifth Avenues), New York City.

Admission is free.