Rising Waters: Photographs of Hurricane Sandy

According to Lubben, drawing from a pool that included the work of amateur photographers has its advantages. “You get pictures that are really of the moment. Some of the photojournalists weren’t there in the midst of it, weren’t in Breezy Point in the middle of the fire. They came after the fact,” Lubben said. “You have people in their own communities and their own houses. They’re the kind of pictures you wouldn’t get from a professional photographer.”