Summary graphic: Keytar Bear, wearing his full-body bear costume, stands on a stage before fans with his hands raised in a “victory” pose.

Keytar Bear is much more complex than his man-in-a-bear-suit act implies. Despite all I’ve learned about him, there are a couple questions I’ve been asking myself that no one else has been able to answer.

Four years after Katrina, the devastation wrought by the storm was still visible along the Mississippi coast. The resilience of the local community was just as easy to see.

Summary graphic: A Waffle House at night. The composition of the photos and the people inside the restaurant are reminiscent of Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” painting.

It’s night. A group of figures sits around a counter as light streams out of the building. You don’t know who they are or what they are thinking, but the scene feels familiar nonetheless.

Elements of “old” and “new” East Somerville collided during the East End Grille’s Oktoberfest party, and we were able to capture this commingling in one image.