NEW ORLEANS.- National Geographic magazine and the Louisiana State Museum have partnered to create an exhibit showcasing haunting images by award-winning photojournalist David Burnett, documenting ruined lives and neighborhoods in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The exhibit will be on display August 11th through December 31st at The Arsenal at the Cabildo, Jackson Square, 701 Chartres Street, New Orleans.

Also on display will be evocative images by 15 New Orleans high school students who took part in National Geographic’s PHOTO CAMP 2006, a photography workshop in which students, mentored by a National Geographic photographer, go on assignment to document their communities. The exhibit features poignant images of the Lower 9th Ward and the French Quarter.

A highlight of the exhibit is a piano from the home of Louisiana rock ’n’ roll legend Fats Domino. He escaped rising floodwaters in his New Orleans home and gained national attention when he was missing for several days after the storm. The exhibition will run through Sunday, December 31, 2006.