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November 9, 2012 3,326 notes

Life Post Sandy: Scenes from Union Beach, NJ
Over the next week, photographer Ben Lowy will be documenting the destruction — and recovery efforts — in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in and around New York City, using nothing but an iPhone camera. Lowy spent yesterday in Union Beach, NJ. Stay tuned for more from Lowy from Tumblr Storyboard, or follow our instagram feed, where he’ll be guest posting throughout the week.
Left to right from top:
* An evacuated beachhouse.
* John Sochacki III stands in the remains of his bathroom. “We survived, but our community did not,” he said.
* Construction crews were at work trying to fix electrical and gas infrastructure.
* “I’ve never been this far north, but in the [North Carolina] outer banks, we know hurricanes.” said one resident.
* A torn American flag still flies on the union beach pier facing NYC.
—Photos by Benjamin Lowy for Tumblr

Life Post Sandy: Scenes from Union Beach, NJ

Over the next week, photographer Ben Lowy will be documenting the destruction — and recovery efforts — in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in and around New York City, using nothing but an iPhone camera. Lowy spent yesterday in Union Beach, NJ. Stay tuned for more from Lowy from Tumblr Storyboard, or follow our instagram feed, where he’ll be guest posting throughout the week.

Left to right from top:

* An evacuated beachhouse.

* John Sochacki III stands in the remains of his bathroom. “We survived, but our community did not,” he said.

* Construction crews were at work trying to fix electrical and gas infrastructure.

* “I’ve never been this far north, but in the [North Carolina] outer banks, we know hurricanes.” said one resident.

* A torn American flag still flies on the union beach pier facing NYC.

—Photos by Benjamin Lowy for Tumblr

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November 8, 2012 1,283 notes

First Sandy, Then a Nor’easter
Under ordinary circumstances, a Nor’easter of this size might not have been a big deal. But for communities still reeling from the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, Wednesday’s fall of sleet and snow plunged many right back into darkness — while others were evacuated all over again. Still others still haven’t returned home. Ben Lowy, on assignment for Tumblr covering the aftermath of Sandy, snapped these shots on Staten Island yesterday.

Left to right from top:
* A Staten Island debris dump, where many treasured belongings have ended up.
* Emptying out a business supply store before (another) mandatory evacuation of Midlands Beach on Staten Island.
* John, a former diplomatic courier, searches through a destroyed pet store for food for feral cats on Staten Island.
* The rain begins to fall on New York City.
—All photos by Benjamin Lowy

First Sandy, Then a Nor’easter

Under ordinary circumstances, a Nor’easter of this size might not have been a big deal. But for communities still reeling from the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, Wednesday’s fall of sleet and snow plunged many right back into darkness — while others were evacuated all over again. Still others still haven’t returned home. Ben Lowy, on assignment for Tumblr covering the aftermath of Sandy, snapped these shots on Staten Island yesterday.

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November 6, 2012 2,080 notes

Faces of the Voted: The Rockaways, Queens
“People are voting in the dark. There are no lights, there is no heat.”
It was how NPR’s Robert Smith described the situation at the polls early this morning, in the Rockaways, Queens, which is in one of the regions hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy’s wrath. Of the 38 polling stations that had to be relocated in the borough, 23 are here — in tents, outdoors, running on generators, and some without heat at all.

Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Sandy — including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations — on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in the Rockaways, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Robert Combs and his son, Robert Combs, Jr., still in their dust masks, take a break from mending their home to cast their ballots. This is the younger Combs’ first time voting.* Grace Toland, originally from Ireland, lost everything when the Sandy Storm surge destroyed her home. “Do you like my hat? I love it,” she says. “I got it from the church since I lost everything else. I sleep in it since I have no heat… I have to vote, it’s my most important American right.”
* Lyrixs Ricketts has lived in the Rockaways for the past eight years. His house is ruined. “I believe young people should vote,” he says. “Young people will make a difference.”
* John and Marie Howley make their way to the voting booths. “Our house has no front stairs,” they said.
* “It’s my right to vote,” says Rashford Mendez.
* Rockaway resident Marie Masiewicz
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy

Faces of the Voted: The Rockaways, Queens

“People are voting in the dark. There are no lights, there is no heat.”

It was how NPR’s Robert Smith described the situation at the polls early this morning, in the Rockaways, Queens, which is in one of the regions hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy’s wrath. Of the 38 polling stations that had to be relocated in the borough, 23 are here — in tents, outdoors, running on generators, and some without heat at all.

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November 4, 2012 484 notes

On the Jersey Shore, Cries of ‘Where is the Government?’
The Jersey Shore has fared its share of bad weather. As the Los Angeles Times points out this morning (in a piece well worth the read), there was the winter storm of 1846 that wrecked nine ships (still known as the Day of Terror). There was the 1962 nor’easter, which washed a Navy destroyer ashore. And, of course, there was Irene, the first time on record a hurricane had hit the region.
But Sandy remains unlike anything residents here have seen. It sent a roller coaster into the ocean in Seaside Heights. It wrecked part of the famed boardwalk in Atlantic City. And in the Barrier Islands, some residents now face a forced evacuation that could last eight months. Gas and sewer lines remain unrepaired.

Photographer Benjamin Lowy — covering the Sandy recovery for Tumblr from his iPhone — spent the day on the Jersey Shore, siphoning gas, catching a cab, then train, then renting a car and driving from Philadelphia, to get there. Amid the wreckage, it’s no great surprise that residents here are crying for help — wondering, as Chris Bieber (above) put it, ”Why is it taking so long to get help?”
(Photographs, clockwise from top: a slice of blue sky and sand amid the wreckage; a man in the lobby of Tom’s River High School, which has become a temporary shelter; a damaged billboard in Beach Haven West; and Bieber, attempting to fill up his tank in Bradley Beach.)
—All photographs by Benjamin Lowy. Stay tuned for more from Lowy from Tumblr Storyboard, or follow our instagram feed, where he’ll be guest posting throughout the week.

On the Jersey Shore, Cries of ‘Where is the Government?’

The Jersey Shore has fared its share of bad weather. As the Los Angeles Times points out this morning (in a piece well worth the read), there was the winter storm of 1846 that wrecked nine ships (still known as the Day of Terror). There was the 1962 nor’easter, which washed a Navy destroyer ashore. And, of course, there was Irene, the first time on record a hurricane had hit the region.

But Sandy remains unlike anything residents here have seen. It sent a roller coaster into the ocean in Seaside Heights. It wrecked part of the famed boardwalk in Atlantic City. And in the Barrier Islands, some residents now face a forced evacuation that could last eight months. Gas and sewer lines remain unrepaired.

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November 3, 2012 2,162 notes

Life’s a Beach: Scenes of Destruction & Recovery
Over the next week, photographer Ben Lowy will be documenting the destruction — and recovery efforts — in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in and around New York City, using nothing but an iPhone camera. Lowy spent yesterday at Midland Beach on Staten Island — New York City’s “forgotten” borough— where hundreds of residents remain homeless. Today he’s headed to New Jersey.
Stay tuned for more from Lowy from Tumblr Storyboard, or follow our instagram feed, where he’ll be guest posting throughout the week.
(Photos, clockwise from top: a home on the South Beach boardwalk; Ronnie, a delivery man for the New York Daily News, helps clean out his sister’s home; Newlywed Ayisha Fahad cleans the apartment she shared with we husband; Luis, a father of five, whose Coney Island business was also destroyed by the storm surge.)
—All photos by Benjamin Lowy

Life’s a Beach: Scenes of Destruction & Recovery

Over the next week, photographer Ben Lowy will be documenting the destruction — and recovery efforts — in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in and around New York City, using nothing but an iPhone camera. Lowy spent yesterday at Midland Beach on Staten Island — New York City’s “forgotten” borough— where hundreds of residents remain homeless. Today he’s headed to New Jersey.

Stay tuned for more from Lowy from Tumblr Storyboard, or follow our instagram feed, where he’ll be guest posting throughout the week.

(Photos, clockwise from top: a home on the South Beach boardwalk; Ronnie, a delivery man for the New York Daily News, helps clean out his sister’s home; Newlywed Ayisha Fahad cleans the apartment she shared with we husband; Luis, a father of five, whose Coney Island business was also destroyed by the storm surge.)

—All photos by Benjamin Lowy

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September 27, 2012 1,570 notes

This Month in Charts: September

September brought Americans together with culture, politics, sports, technology, and — as usual — outrage. I Love Charts brings together the most graphable moments of the month.

Dance Like Nobody’s — er, Grandma’s — Watching

I Love Charts started the month on the ground at the DNC, documenting it all for Tumblr’s official Election blog. While in Charlotte, we were struck by how similar the music selection was to another event:

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