The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 30, 2026

A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph features the stark textures of two cars buried in parched mud. The desiccated earth appears as intersecting geometric patterns across the foreground and car hoods. To the right, a sediment-caked sedan sits before a dark, conical tree and wooden house. Long, sharp shadows segment the textured ground, where a single white bottle rests in the lower foreground. Vertical lines of the siding texture the background.

9th Street Ward Devestation, New Orleans, Louisiana

2005

Debbie Fleming Caffery

(American, 1948-)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 55.7 x 45.3 cm (21 15/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Paper: 60.6 x 50.4 cm (23 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.); Matted: 81.3 x 76.2 cm (32 x 30 in.)
Gift of Paul and Kelly Fleming in honor of the Artist 2008.44
Location: Not on view
  • Artist; Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco; Cleveland Museum of Art
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.44