In marked contrast , Mitch Epstein 's breathtaking '' Biloxi , Mississippi '' ( 2005 ) , a mural-size color image of a tree , is so glorious in scale that it may take you a few seconds to make out that there is a large mattress among its branches , and then a few more to realize that the scene is not a drought - and war-ravaged country , but the Gulf Coast of the United States , post-Katrina .