Photographer David Julian has created a documentary series of images illustrating the turmoil that followed Hurricane Katrina's assault on the Gulf Coast. "Taken From the Heart: Images of Intimate Loss After Katrina" will be exhibited at the reopened New Orleans Museum of Art from June through August, and at Houston's Museum of Cultural Arts in September.

In addition, Julian's photo-illustrations recently garnered two Maggie awards for George Lucas' Edutopia magazine.

David Julian brings digital images to life with use of traditional darkroom techniques.

"I'm not like a dark side person, " says photographer David Julian, "but I am intrigued with the slightly surreal edges of life. Which leads me to a slightly different look on things.'