Terri Garland photographed Bibles that came from churches in the hurricane-devastated city of New Orleans. The churches were flooded by hurricane Katrina, which raced over the state of Louisiana in 2005. The weather-stained Bibles would seem to be a fitting symbol for the religious views of the American South, often permeated with racism, nationalism and xenophobia.

The work of Terri Garland (b. 1953, United States) has been seen in twenty solo exhibitions in the United States. Race relations in the American South play an important role in her work.