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Book - The Levee 

Sohrab Hura 

" ‘Be careful’, my father had written to me in a worry, ‘It’s supposed to be unsafe out there’, words interspersed with photographs from the cargo ship that he was working on as he made his way up the Mississippi river to the port right outside New Orleans. Because the immigration rules had confined him to his ship and did not allow him to step on to American soil, his short-lived glimpse of the country had remained only within those raised embankments on either side of the river. The America that lay on the other side was something he could only make sense of through a trickle of news and opinions... 

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USA. 2016. Photograph on the Mississippi river by my father,... 

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USA. 2016. Photograph on the Mississippi river by my father,... 

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USA. 2016. Photograph on the Mississippi river by my father,... 

Sohrab Hura 2016

USA. 2016. Photograph on the Mississippi river by my father,... 

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USA. 2016. Photograph on the Mississippi river by my father,... 

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USA. 2016. Photograph on the Mississippi river by my father,... 

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USA. 2016. Birdsongs. Cairo, Illinois. 

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USA. 2016. Looking for Jesus. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. New Orleans. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Video Tapes. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Door. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Prom night. Greenville, Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Bead Tree. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Evening. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. 

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USA. 2016. Somewhere between Louisiana and Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Wound. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Bubba’s Blues Corner. Helena-West Helena, Arkansas.... 

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USA. 2016. Last evening in Helena. Arkansas. 

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USA. 2016. Sky. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. After the floods. Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. 

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USA. 2016. Funeral service. Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. 

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USA. 2016. Bird House. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Bath. New Orleans. 

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USA. 2016. Pam ‘Oprah of the South’ Chatman, the first female... 

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USA. 2016. Erstwhile Plantation House. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Road Crossing. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. First Love. Helena Arkansas. 

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USA. 2016. Sunday Mass. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Broken Birdhouse. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. An evening after work. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Letters. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Menu, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. ‘How can we forget this?’ – Rick. New Orleans, Louisiana.... 

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USA. 2016. Sunday. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. After Party. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Ducks. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. The Wait. Greenville, Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Highway 23, outside New Orleans. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Crossroad, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Brick Scavenger. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Cairo, Illinois. 

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USA. 2016. Lunch break. Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. 

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USA. 2016. High school reunion for the elderly. Helena-West Helena,... 

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USA. 2016. Sign. Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Bible, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Motel on Highway 23. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Motel on Highway 23. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Bayou, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Greenville, Mississippi. 

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USA. 2016. Highway 23, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Pilot Town, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Dad’s restaurant, Highway 23. Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Highway 23, Louisiana. 

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USA. 2016. Ship heading upstream to New Orleans. Louisiana. 
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