"incredibly sad, tragic and problematic"

Tulane University highlights the photographic work of Stephen Hilger, who's been shooting in Lower Mid-City for several years, documenting the losses caused by the LSU/VA hospitals project.

Tulanian Story on House Moving

Here.

There are also stories in the publication about the S.W. Green Mansion, as well as some Lower Mid-City photography by Stephen Hilger.

Photography Event on Wednesday - Featuring Footprint Photos

Photographer Stephen Hilger, who has been out shooting in the LSU/VA Footprint for some time now, has an artist's talk at Tulane on Wednesday, March 2 that includes a number of powerful Lower Mid-City images.

Here's a bit from Stephen himself:

I'm giving a public talk at Tulane this Wed, 3/2 at Tulane University's Stone Auditorium (210 Woldenberg Art Center). It's an artist talk on my photography including work made in the Lower Mid-City neighborhood during the past two years.

My photographs investigate notions of history, place and the social landscape. Working on projects that unfold over extended periods of time, my work constructs visual archives of the disappearing. I seek to collect and consolidate the fragmented touchstones of what is passing in the face of change and destruction.

I've had a chance to get to know Stephen through his work in the footprint, and I'd encourage you to attend.

*All images in this post courtesy of Stephen Hilger.

Demolition Steam Rolls On in LSU Footprint

Demolition of movable historic homes continued today in the LSU Footprint.

The first three houses shown here - after salvage was well underway - are completely gone now, along with a fourth building just out of the shot at left.  Another streetscape lost.

LSU, the State of Louisiana, and the University Medical Center Board - which includes representatives from a number of institutions, such as Tulane - still do not have adequate funds to finance the construction of the proposed hospital.