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August 30, 2010

Recovering a Million Images

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Donn Young made a life as a successful photographer in New Orleans. He nearly lost all of his work when Hurricane Katrina struck five years ago. More than 1.5 million images were under 10 feet of water. Dick Gordon talks with Donn about how he recovered his life’s work in the five years since the storm.

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