Levee Walker

A lone figure walks the top of the floodwall along the Ouachita River, where the concrete stretch of Monroe's levee system threads between old brick buildings draped in ivy. Tangled utility wires cross overhead and a stained-glass window glints from a weathered facade as wildflowers crowd the path. Photographed in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1995, the image follows a quiet walk along the river's edge, where the city's defenses double as a forgotten green corridor.