BIG RIVER

2011
Created for Atlanta’s Dashboard Co-op

Mississippi comes from the Ojibwe words gichi-ziibi and misi-ziibi, meaning Big River and Great River.

Big River is a series shot over the course of three months on the banks of the Mississippi River in five different areas of the Greater New Orleans region; the final stretch of the 2,320 miles of winding and locked flow before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Big River comprises portraits, landscape imagery and found objects, together providing a visual narrative a diverse community and culture depending and thriving on the river.