Dr. Michael White salvaging the contents of his Gentilly home, including a world-class collection of clarinets, one of which he donated to the Smithsonian. 2005.
Dr. Michael White’s clarinet collection destroyed by water, mold, and rust. 2005.
The “textures of destruction,” as photographer Hugh Talman called it. 2005.
The Michael White Hugh Talman first met was wearing a gas mask and rubber gloves, standing on a pile of trash in his home. 2005.
Record in Dr. Michael White’s collection. 2005.
The LeBeouf family. 2005.
Boy in a pirogue in front of his home in Terrebonne Parish, near Chauvin, Louisiana. 2005.
Albert Picou’s trailer home squashed by an oak tree near Highway 56 in Chauvin, Louisiana. 2005.
The Williams family at Houma Civic Center. 2005.
2005 Lizardi Street, New Orleans. 2005.
Floodwater left a mark in Lakeview, New Orleans. 2005.
Eighth Ward. 2005.
The Williams family home in Seventh Ward. 2005.
Ninth Ward. 2005.
Ephesian Church in lower Ninth Ward. 2005.
A memorable photo to Hugh Talman, this one shows a few rescued objects at a home in Waveland, Mississippi. The plaque reads, “Seaside / Whether I’m here or there / I can hear the waves / And smell the air.” 2005.
There were a lot of soggy photo albums on the roadside. 2005.
Herman Leonard (1923–2010) was renowned for his unique photos of jazz icons. Hurricane Katrina flooded his home, destroying more than 8,000 jazz prints. 2005.
Herman Leonard’s damaged prints, “layered with the experience of going through the storm,” as Hugh Talman said. 2005.
The downbeat at Preservation Hall on the night of December 6, 2005, marked the return of this New Orleans jazz venue. As Hugh Talman noted, it was like the first note “being played out in a city that was silent up until then . . . it was wonderful to see that revival beginning to take place."
This clock found at Hunter Hollow Road in Waveland “represents the moment at which everything stopped.” 2005.
