Portrait of Humanity Inner Journey

The City spoke to me today through History. I learned that there is a lot of history with this City and also destruction. Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana in 2005. It destroyed so much of the City and peoples lived. I remember hearing about it when it happened and thinking it was terrible for them, but today I got tot really learn about how badly it was for them, and learn how unprepared they were and FEMA for the hurricane, and how they managed to get the city back in order. Today we visited two famous buildings. The Cabildo and the Presbytere, which are placed each side of the St. Louis Cathedral. The Cabildo was built to be the Town Hall for New Orleans Louisiana. The Presbytere was built to be the residence for the Priest. It ended up being the building for the Louisiana Supreme Court. Now the Cabildo and the Presbytere are a Museum for Louisiana history. Both of these building house so much history and absolutely beautiful to be in and look at. My favorite exhibit is in the Cabildo, on one of their side rooms. This room is called the Portrait of Humanity.

This exhibit is newer, but it really spoke to me and I thought the meaning behind it is amazing. Portrait of humanity is a global collaborative exhibition, done by many different photographers around the world. It is meant to show everyone that there is more similarity between all of us, than differences that separate us all. The photographs in this room made me feel so real las a human and makes you feel relatable to the rest of the world. We all live different types of lives. We all live in different regions, towns, have different jobs, skin colors, interests, families and ways of life. This exhibit shows that no matter where we come from we all are bound by likeness as well. We all laugh, cry, have hardships, express love, experience death, work for a living, struggle, excel at something, and experience moments of reflection. I absolutely loved viewing these photographs and reading about them. It is wonderful to see that people really feel this way and are not hateful or being judgemental. It just shows the realities of human life from people all around the world. This room is to show us that we are all human that have feelings and families and no one should feel seperated. 

 

Photos by me