POSTCARDS, POST-SANDY

POSTCARDS, POST-SANDY is an ongoing digital memory site of curated photographs, stories, videos and interviews recording the effects of Superstorm Sandy, funded in part by a Civic Engagement Grant awarded by The New School for Public Engagement. We invite your stories, images and comments into our community. Submit your story or photograph here

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WWF PARALLAX SEQUENCE from Make Productions on Vimeo.

By manipulating still photos from the WWF archive we created these stunning slow motion shots. We have created a stand alone film by combining the 'parallax' shots from 2 existing films produced by AD Hoc Films for WWF.

Parallax Animation: makeproductions.co.uk Editing: makeproductions.co.uk Producer: Daniel Glynn Client: Ad Hoc Films for WWF photographic credits: makeproductions.co.uk/wwf-credits Music: Snow Patrol "What If This Storm Ends?" (Aaron Static Remix)

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A moving story about resiliency, families and surfing in Breezy Point post-Sandy...from upworthy

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HighWaterLine was a public artwork on the New York city waterfront by Eve Mosher that created an immediate visual and local understanding of the affects of climate change. She marked the 10-feet above sea level line by drawing a blue chalk line and installing illuminated beacons in parks. The line marks the extent of increased flooding brought on by stronger and more frequent storms as a result of climate change.

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Genesis from James Miller on Vimeo.

First exterior tests with the Magic Lantern 5D3 Raw firmware. Random clips around Brighton. Captured at 1920 x 720 @25p

More info here: philipbloom.net/2013/05/22/canon-5d-re-revolution/

Carousel shot native camera raw file download: we.tl/U8O079vqoI (whilst you can)

Graded in Adobe After Effects as DNG sequence and exported as Prores HQ for edit in Adobe Premiere.

Shot on a 5Dmk3 with the Canon 70-200mm L IS II / Heliopan Variable ND filter / Transcend 64GB 1000x UDMA 7 & Komputerbay 128GB 1000x UDMA 7. - IR shift is due to the removal of the IR cut filter along side one of the OLP Filters, then by using a variable ND filter.

Still early days on the ML hack.

Music by Hecq / Red Sky

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Seaside Heights - Restore the Shore from Postcards, Post Sandy on Vimeo.

I travelled down the Jersey Coast a few weeks ago to survey the remaining signs of the superstorm. I spent the day in Seaside Heights and spoke with Mark from Ergo. Ergo is an apparel company based out of the shore region in Point Pleasant. Ergo helped to start the Restore the Shore Campaign. On September 12th a fire tore through most of the newly rebuilt boardwalk destroying 80% of the businesses. Yesterday, authorities have discovered that the cause of the fire was faulty electric wiring that was damaged by Sandy. Here is an interview from Mark from Ergo who works at the Shore Shop.

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These are some photos of the people that we talked to in the Rockaways while doing field interviews fort the #Signs of Sandy Project.

The project is an effort that seeks to explore signs of recovery, community, and hope following Hurricane Sandy.

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"Many people who hear the words Hurricane Sandy often think of things like "The Jersey Shore got destroyed," or "I didn't have power for two weeks." But after the power came on and the sun came out again, most people went on with their daily lives. I don't feel enough people know the real impact of Hurricane Sandy on the U.S, or how long-lasting its effects were on victims in the northeast. This infographic was created as a school project to memorialize the victims of Sandy and to educate those who escaped its full wrath."

Created for the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy.

Source: Lauren Lee

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Infographic for Hurricane Sandy’s first anniversary.

Source: Lauren Lee

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Infographic for Hurricane Sandy’s first anniversary.

Source: Lauren Lee

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Infographic for Hurricane Sandy's first anniversary.

Source: Lauren Lee

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Infographic for the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy.

Source: Lauren Lee

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Created for the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy.

Source: Lauren Lee

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#SignsOfSandy - Breezy Point from Postcards, Post Sandy on Vimeo.

One of my several trips out to the Rockaways during the initial weeks of shooting took me out to Breezy Point. I had spotted the area on the map but had a tough time actually figuring out how to get to the area that had been devastated by fires during Sandy. One of the more iconic images of the wrath of the superstorm was the image of a neighborhood in the beach side community of Breezy Point all the way at the edge of the Rockaway Peninsula.

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#signsofsandy - The View From New Jersey - Part 1

Having wanted to contribute to the narrative already established by this site and everything that had come out of Postcards it seemed like the place to start. The Rockaways no doubt were devastated but have also become a landmark story of rebuilding and resiliency that can be easily seen from the numerous community organizations and various efforts that sprang up following the super storm last year. 

For the first two weeks I set out to profile people and businesses in the Rockaway beach area, and if time permitted I would venture into the land that tends to escape the every day thoughts of many urban New Yorkers… Staten Island. But as the majority of projects and community development following the storm garnering the most ink and headlines stemmed from the Rockaways, it was the Rockaways I was bound for. 

Late one night trying to reviewing footage, I caught someone on cable news making a reference to an old cover of the New Yorker entitled “The View from 9th Avenue.” 

I started thinking about how I was approaching this entire endeavor and maybe the way I was looking at the areas affected by the massive storm was similar to this magazine cover. 

So I traveled from the Rockaway Peninsula, inward through New York Harbor and down the Jersey coast to Atlantic City and back. 

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#SignsOfSandy - The View from New Jersey - Preview

On my last trip to Rockaway Beach, I was at the Beach 97th Street concessions. I had approached a young guy in his mid-20s or so, clean cut surfer type, opening up the La Fruteria coffee and smoothie stand for the day. It was mid-week so it wasn’t busy and I figured I could talk to him while he was prepping for open. I could see he was doing something that he took a lot of pride in. One can gain a good understanding of someone while watching them prep their business for the days open, especially after finding out that he and the shop were there before Sandy and clearly are still there today. He did not want to be on camera, he didn’t even want his name used however he left me with a little morsel that took me the long drive back to the city to process. I asked him to describe to me, in his own view, what things are like now given that so much has been rebuilt. I asked if he felt the area had been revitalized due to all of the community action and even due to new businesses like the Playland Motel. He smiled when I spoke of the community groups, and scoffed a bit with a laugh when I mentioned Playland. I asked him what I should go looking for, who I should speak to and where I should visit if I wanted to truly see #signsofsandy this long after the storm. As this is a visual project being able to see something would be particularly important. This was the point where everything turned for me. He continued going about his prep work when he said something that stayed with me for the rest of the day and the rest of my journey. He expressed to me “I don’t know man, its just like, a feeling you know?” I looked at him puzzled an asked for him to clarify. Almost as if he was a bit annoyed with me he actually stops what he was doing stands up and says to me “I wake up everyday and look around here and its all back to normal, in a way as if the storm never came and nothing ever happened. Everything is exactly as it was before the hurricane at least for me and the little area that my world revolves around down here, except,” he paused and looks down continuing to work for a moment and then pauses again. “Except that there’s just this feeling now, Sandy is just a feeling now.” I asked him to elaborate and what kind of a feeling and before I could finish my question he interrupted me finishing his thought off. “Its just this feeling that is with you every day, the feeling that you just spent months facing immeasurable tragedy… thats the feeling.” 

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These are some photos of the people that we talked to in the Rockaways while doing field interviews fort the #Signs of Sandy Project.

The project is an effort that seeks to explore signs of recovery, community, and hope following Hurricane Sandy.