Whether it’s day or night, the area surrounding the French Quarter is alive with scenes waiting to be captured. Photographer Thaisi H. Da Silva walked the area in hopes of portraying these moments in different times of day.

Gaus, a law student at Tulane University in New Orleans, is the founder and director of Dogs of the 9th Ward, which rescues stray, abandoned and feral dogs in the devastated, storm-stricken community.

Welcome to Treme, a New Orleans neighborhood with a rich African-American history, especially in music. The neighborhood is the setting for the hit HBO show of the same name.

It’s 6:05 p.m. on a Wednesday evening and 13-year-old Roland Moore is not home in front of a TV or an Xbox.