New Orleans Refugee Photographer News
Comrades,
The email loop was impossible so I have started this blog so we can communicate contact information from scattered photographers and update each other with information that can help us recover our professions and homes.
Good Luck.
The email loop was impossible so I have started this blog so we can communicate contact information from scattered photographers and update each other with information that can help us recover our professions and homes.
Good Luck.
posted by JacksonHill at 1:25 PM
15 Comments:
Be sure to leave your name and contact info in your message as a blog does not show that info the way email does.
Jackson@southernlights.com
As everyone is experiencing, communication is eating up time. I'll try to pass these messages around but it would really help if we could turn it into a formal blog. Who of you knows how to set that up? I'll start trying to figure it out.
I heard from Neil Alexander and he stayede and is still shooting in New orleans, his family safe in Massachusetts. You can text message him at 225-603-0931.
What follows are some replies that have come to me
:
--- Jerry Ward jerry@jerrywardphoto.com wrote:
> Is anybody trying to get back in and grab some stuff
> and then get out
> anytime soon? There is safety in numbers>
>
> Please call me if so, Thanks, Jerry
>
--- laskowitzpictures@cox.net wrote:
> Hi, thanks for getting this loop started. My dog,
> film, cameras, files and I are in Lake Charles. We
> are safe and have rented an apartment for the next
> few months. Darn one bedroom apartment costs more
> then my mortgage. It appears, from watching CNN,
> that my neighborhood has received minimal flooding
> and my house might be dry. Let's hope.
>
> I spoke with Brian Gauvin. He, his wife and cats are
> in Atlanta and are staying in with his brother in
> law. He thinks his neighborhhod is pretty dry.
>
> Take Care all of you,
>
> Ray
--- Greg Friedler gregfriedler@comcast.net wrote:
> Thanks Jackson, so good to hear that you and yours
> are safe. I am doing
> well in Denver.
>
> Best,
>
> GREG FRIEDLER
--- brantleyphotography brantleyphotography@cox.net wrote:
> Dear jackson,
>
> We're glad to hear that you got out safely. We're in
> Warner Robins,
> Georgia, where Robert's mother lives. It looks like
> we'll be here for
> awhile. We can be reached at these numbers:
>
> 478-923-2408 home
> 504-717-9088 Jan's cell
> 504-400-2254 Robert's cell
This came to me from a good friend at Canon. Good Luck to all, Jerry
Ward
To Neil Alexander, I wish I was there with you. If possible could you
please
check up on my brother Larry Ward who was last seen at my house at 4530
St
Ann St. He tries to call on the phone, but his phone dies right after
we
pick it up.
Everyone else, please pray for Larry's safety, we do not know where he
is.
Thanks, Jerry
Hi Jerry,
This is some Info I found on the PPA Forum, that it might be useful for
you.
"According to an interview I heard on CNN today with Labor Secretary
Elaine
Chao, "SMALL BUSINESS PERSONS" and "SELF-EMPLOYED" persons should call
1-866-4-USA. Unemployment insurance GRANTS are available for persons
who do
not usually qualify for unemployment insurance. Either call 1-866-4-USA
or
go to the Department of Labor's web site www.dol.gov for more
information.
The live person is available via the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week."
"PPA has just learned that Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi
residents
displaced by Hurricane Katrina may be eligible for Unemployment
Insurance
assistance. Go to the local unemployment office in your temporary city
and
ask to file an "interstate claim" against your state. It is extremely
important to emphasize that you want to file an interstate claim. (If
you do
not specify "interstate claim," the state will only check its records,
where
you won't be listed as a resident, and they will declare you
ineligible.) We
spoke with a representative from the state of Louisiana, who said
displaced
residents from all affected states may file claims in all 50 states,
plus
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Self-employed persons may also be eligible based on state laws. The
local
representative in your temporary city will help make the determination
of
your eligibility.
Please pass this on to all photographers and their employees as they
may be
in dire need of assistance right now. As we learn of other available
assistance we will post the new information immediately in the
Hurricane
Katrina thread on OurPPA.com.
Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with everyone dealing with the
devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
----------------------------------------
Georgia: Call customer service for assistance: 1-877-709-8185. Claim
filing
information and directions to the nearest career center will be
provided.
For speech and hearing impaired 711 or 1-800-229-5746.
Alabama: Call 1-866-234-5382 between the hours of 8:00am to 4:30 pm
(Central
Standard Time) Monday through Friday for information and to file new or
additional claims, or to reopen a claim. For speech and hearing
impaired
1-800-499-2035.
Louisiana: Claims must be filed via the internet by going to
www.laworks.net
and selecting "online services" and then "file a UI claim." If you
encounter
problems or need additional information, call 225-342-2840.
Mississippi: Inquires should be made to Georgia Department of Labor's
customer service number for assistance: 1-877-709-8185. A reliable
mailing
address will be needed to process a claim. An address of a family
member or
friend will be acceptable. "
Hope things are getting a little better. Any word about your brother?
Hugs,
Mary
George Long is in Houston with Sarah. Planning to leave Tuesday for 10 days of R&R at the Bear Creek Ranch near Glacier National Park in Montana. House and office are dry but there have been reports of looting near the office on Oak Street.
CC Lockwood of Baton Rouge: “On Thursday afternoon I came out of a photo shoot in the Grand Canyon with no knowledge of what happened. The truck driver that came to pick us and our boats up on Lake Mead showed me a newspaper. I had no idea that we even had a hurricane coming when I started my journey a week earlier.”
Neil Alexander is working for the press in New Orleans.
Mae Lizama, who just applied to rejoin our chapter two weeks ago, offers this: “I was in N.O. till late Wed. night staying at the W Hotel. I am in Pensacola. My house is fine. I toured uptown a couple of days on my bike. Aside from what the media says I felt the citizens of the city and state law enforcers were all very cooperative. I am very proud to be a New Orleanian.”
Brad Edelman is in St. Louis with family.
Harold Head lost 14 trees on his property in Jackson. One fell on his house. He’s offering assistance to those in need.
Debra Ferguson is at home in Jackson. She is offering assistance to those in need.
Gib Ford is at home in Jackson.
Neil Johnson is at home in Shreveport.
Jim Howell is in Houston.
Erica Goldring is in Dallas.
Mitchel Osborne is in Shreveport. House and office are dry.
Tina Freeman is in Boston.
Jeff Strout is in Iowa. New home in Metairie is dry.
Harriet Blum is in Washington, DC. Many trees down but all missed her house.
Lauren Goslin is in Montgomery, Alabama.
David Humphreys of Baton Rouge had just a few trees down and no damage to house or studio. He’s offering assistance to those in need.
Louis Sahuc is in New York City.
Robert and Jan Brantley can be reached in Georgia at (478) 923-2408.
Philip Gould in Lafayette was in California when Katrina hit and flew back the morning after. “We are fine and doing everything possible to take in refugees/new residents. A lot of folks will probably end up staying.”
Jerry Ward is in St. Petersburg, Florida and can be reached at (727) 898-0891.
Ann McMahon of Baton Rouge is safe at home.
Thomas Beck of Jackson is safe at home.
Rebecca M. Heunermund Brenneman is in Houston for now.
Judy Bottoni is in Houston.
Bud Willis is at home in Doyline, Louisiana.
If any of the ASMP fine arts diaspora from New Orleans needs a place to stay and work, we have a guest room here in the San Diego area; and I can offer some reasonable bandwidth, a darkroom, and some equipment. We have space for a couple, probably not children.
Bob Younger
ASMP San Diego Chapter
younger@terranovaphotography.com
619.390.4301
Alex Demyan rode the storm out in Ocean Springs, MS and came out OK.
Do not know anything about my home/office in Kenner.
Scans are with me, transparencies are in Kenner.
Good Luck to All !
aldemyan@cox.net
Rode out the Storm in Ocean Springs , MS.
Do not know about my home/office in South Kenner.
Good Luck to All !
aldemyan@cox.net
I am heading down to the Mississippi Coast on assignment Tuesday. Gas is hard to come by so I'm carrying full cans of gas on my roof.I have a new cell phone and the number is 251-463-4290.
I am trying to have BellSouth forward my New Orleans studio phone # to my cell phone. Might work for some of ya'll as well.
Jackson Hill
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