![A view of the French Quarter.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30abd606a77c83a4c656699fce8d39b7bb86a55588f0c1b7ac95a366518cf295/GEO_New_Orleans_001.jpg)
![A street car rolled down Carondelet Street in the Central Business District.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9213cbf1afee32625f4cd7f29d96f91d4a76f2468864339bca89deddce7e2f3/GEO_New_Orleans_002.jpg)
![A confederate monument of Robert E. Lee was taken down from the top of this structure along with several others across the city.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2eed57036f8b6e6157f8f1b95b9a31a6f44d067f145daafab5977e1d0fd8dbe2/GEO_New_Orleans_003.jpg)
![New Orleans Airlift is an arts organization that created the Musicbox Village, an interactive village of structures that you can play as instruments.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/182430cc263fa75eeb1669a58b223a959d12a28ddda77a522b79529182560015/GEO_New_Orleans_004.jpg)
![The lake front on Lake Pontchartrain is a popular hangout spot for many different types of people.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/324795e98016a3046bc4e26dc7faab5e9bdba517b35e713134f8c09d1324013a/GEO_New_Orleans_005.jpg)
![Two homes in the Holy Cross neighborhood in the Lower 9th Ward.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a60b0b587e9ff0742d6695895228cd4af8086f9bd6f61d8ba30f7beafe98f8fa/GEO_New_Orleans_006.jpg)
![A maternity photo shoot took place in Crescent Park, a riverfront park making use of many of the abandoned wharfs and old shipping docks along the river.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f7c53918533dd4a16c3117e1fa3c748a0c78b8bb8fe5c29cf09c4925e7c289a/GEO_New_Orleans_007.jpg)
![Friday Night Fights gym in the heart of Central City hangs on to their prime time real estate that is getting redeveloped into new businesses in a rapidly gentrifying part of the city.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bc9da484eacffc67e26995b472b11a0d2460ed0001ce684b5a98f517fa47df5/GEO_New_Orleans_008.jpg)
![Tourists hung out at Palace Cafe in the French Quarter.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eab1732bbf4e9c29bf0ab55ed806c0eb8575ae6b338cd98b9e729a95e4a0284c/GEO_New_Orleans_009.jpg)
![One of the last remaining buildings from the old Magnolia House development sits next to the new Lafitte Greenway. The Section 8 housing project was mostly torn down and rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f93fb2887a210d06f73b7a91f76fe61b595c700b563c4730aefcad0fe8b95082/GEO_New_Orleans_010.jpg)
![New condos are being built at a rapid pace in the Central Business District which is also home to a Carnival Cruise ship terminal.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60704956bbfde37d66661cb99a0c10e5e5b9af21c9f21d396c5b8b9a4cc1f843/GEO_New_Orleans_011.jpg)
![A woman at her home in the Holy Cross neighborhood.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7a1940e726e5f2a4fbd9fa2a9cbf021e3ca97d6e9d91f80277a968ec068e6ee/GEO_New_Orleans_012.jpg)
![David Waggoner and Andy Sternick of the architecture firm Waggoner+Ball discussed their Urban Water Plan which was commissioned by the state to outline the future of New Orlean relationship to its water related issues.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aaf914728215b3343cf0c16472bc1486de17f4707d79f0e52e474ba0d2087210/GEO_New_Orleans_013.jpg)
![A kid played basketball on one of the courts on the Lafitte Greenway in the Treme neighborhood. The Lafitte Greenway is part of a new surge in projects around the city to turn abandoned and underused space into community and public works projects.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/049ab9220c20b395663133216a362811a212fe07c9d2e0705f1338e8b222c52e/GEO_New_Orleans_014.jpg)
![Marta Rodriguez Maleck's exhibition titled Not Nothing at Good Children Gallery on St. Claude Ave in the Bywater. A stretch of St. Claude Ave in the Bywater that has seen many new galleries, coffee shops, and restaurants open in recent years.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f52ea79cc49a3098f8f09af11e5983f2e0f24fdacdeb8096ca5edfe20a9763f5/GEO_New_Orleans_015.jpg)
![Kids played in the street in the Holy Cross neighborhood in the Lower Ninth Ward.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fb710464ffb93d7a7359ef37fe61c3594a6b29148b1f3297b3a0a98ebdb647b/GEO_New_Orleans_016.jpg)
![New Orleans Saints fans watching a game at Markey's Bar in the Bywater neighborhood.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/123ecc73f1c5aa48923fe432df66cca9ba7f576c0e594fda6a7190e288c33fee/GEO_New_Orleans_017.jpg)
![A tribute show to the late bounce music artist Nicky Da B. Bounce music originated in New Orleans and has recently gained mainstream appeal through artists like Drake and Beyonce sampling the genre’s distinct sound.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e519104d8d434b0b55a3b163097e4754a5aed0cfcff136eaccffb0a95a8401e/GEO_New_Orleans_018.jpg)
![A brass band played on a street corner on Frenchman Street in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood adjacent the French Quarter.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f728ae496b4c6503c8df4a8c4aa3f02e7ad174db3ab2e4e9879d0c29cb5e753a/GEO_New_Orleans_019.jpg)
![New construction in Central City.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae9f5cb377989c38d75354ea1d19cc058e71c8f158cecc9ec3c97b8848908a3a/GEO_New_Orleans_020.jpg)
![The lake front on Lake Pontchartrain is a popular hangout spot for many different types of people.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38601fa358de3754ec3959c25d4de97819bef1a6a255ee3b5f0eb1394a57965a/GEO_New_Orleans_021.jpg)
![Tourists on Segway scooters took a tour through the French Quarter.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f938caac4129b9a96e49a2f06d62825365d4958978871c5301e07c10b76560b/GEO_New_Orleans_022.jpg)
![A man gets a haircut at a mostly Latino and Hispanic flea market open on Saturday and Sundays on the West Bank of New Orleans. There really wasn't a Latino community in New Orleans until after Hurricane Katrina when many Central Americans came to help in the rebuilding efforts.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5584b85a8ee14512301e0578805a34c8bd8806fa624f29587bdf05462a14f54d/GEO_New_Orleans_023.jpg)
![Members of The Warehouse, a co-working office space in the Bywater, worked during a weekday afternoon. Co-working spaces have sprouted up throughout the city to meet demands for a new workforce of tech, creatives, and entrepreneurs that have moved to the city in the last 5 years.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7a558f0b16997747230cbc3e93fa7c39bb44b83c4957874b7cc7a683e4dc023/GEO_New_Orleans_024.jpg)
![Crescent Park, a riverfront park making use of many of the abandoned wharfs and old shipping docks along the river.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec5754e579edefee2ddc533c945009c0ad088edae4d31716448ab35ca8b318eb/GEO_New_Orleans_025.jpg)
![A sign outside the home of David Fountain, who started his own museum at his house to pay homage to Hurricane Katrina and the general spirit of New Orleans.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5def258cdc7a307be837dca933f0e153452b28c87b1241f9095d9a662ef78f3b/GEO_New_Orleans_026.jpg)
I was asked to illustrate the ways in which New Orleans has changed or stayed the same since Hurricane Katrina changed the city forever. These images were made 13 years after the storm struck New Orleans and were a part of a full issue dedicated to the state of Louisiana.
A New, New Orleans for GEO (France)