Carol M. Highsmith

Mardi gras parade in new orleans 2006, a few months after hurricane katrina

Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

Louisiana

French Colonial style home in Louisiana

Bearded man with musical instrument performing in the French Quarter, New Orleans

A sousaphone player, New Orleans, Louisiana

Gator in Henderson, Louisiana

Woman in purple wig playing guitar, Louisiana

Three people relax in front of a home, Louisiana

A street band on Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

Home of legendary rock'n'roll singer Fats Domino, New Orleans, Louisiana

The parlor of Parlange Plantation, New Roads, Louisiana

Famous pianist Ronnie Kole plays his keys on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana

Mime in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana

2011 Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans, Lousiana

Man dressed in Leprechaun costume for St. Patrick’s Day, New Orleans, Louisiana

Infrared street cars, New Orleans, Louisiana

Historic Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana

Tree trunks in swamp, Lafayette, Lousiana

St. Louis Cathedral interior in New Orleans, Louisiana

State Capitol, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Irish mannequin in a store window during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana

Cities of the Dead Cemetery tombs in New Orleans, Louisiana

Gumbo File sign in New Orleans, Louisiana

Barber shop damaged by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana

Damaged house after 2005 Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana

Genie float at the 2006 Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans, Louisiana

Mardi Gras mask, New Orleans, Louisiana

Lafitte's Shop, New Orleans, Louisiana

Louis Armstrong Statue, New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana 'Doullut Steamboat House,' New Orleans, Louisiana

Horse and cart selling candy, New Orleans, Louisiana

Krewe Captain at Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana

Man with cigar float at the 2006 Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans, Louisiana