From Spring 2012 Explore This Issue Bottom of da Boot: Losing the Coast of Louisiana By Kael Alford From the Spring 2012 Issue Kael Alford earned an MA from the University of Missouri–Columbia School of Journalism and was a 2009 Neiman Fellow at Harvard University. She is represented by Panos Pictures in London and lives in Dallas, Texas. ← Autumn, Sleeping Bear Dunes → Beyond the Meadow, Before Time