Jim Osborne IV

From the ongoing project "Danger Shelter Opportunity" which explores Louisiana's system of nineteenth century coastal fortifications. Made obsolete by advances in technology nearly 150 years ago, these structures were abandoned following the American Civil War. Today, these historically significant sites continue their slow return to the natural landscape. **Images in this body of work are being made with the cooperation of the Louisiana Office of State Parks.

These video segments are being captured as part of the ongoing series, Danger Shelter Opportunity, which seek to explore the current condition of the American pre-Civil War system of forts built to protect the city of New Orleans and the lower Mississippi River delta.

As the lead civilian field photographer for the United States Army at Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center, I documented the training of Joint Allied Forces in support of Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. Elaborately immersive situational war games were conducted inside the immense mock Middle Eastern country of Talatha.