Louisiana Loses Its Boot

The boot-shaped state isn’t shaped like a boot anymore. That’s why we revised its iconic outline to reflect the truth about a sinking, disappearing place.

Brett Anderson
Matter
Published in
32 min readSep 8, 2014

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By Brett Anderson
Photographs by William Widmer
Illustrations by Matthew Woodson

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Brett Anderson
Matter

Restaurant critic and features writer for Nola.com | The Times-Picayune. Harvard Nieman fellow, Beard winner, cheese curd eater.