In August 2015, The Guardian Newspaper hired Seph Lawless to document New Orleans for the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The images were powerful and quickly went viral resulting in over 8,000 shares with media outlets all over the world. The images were voted among the Most Popular Photo Galleries for the Guardian for 2015, solidifying Seph Lawless as a photojournalist. Today, Lawless is an ongoing contributor with several clients that include CNN and the Huffington Post.