Photographer Richard Misrach is used to photographing with a large view camera, generally an 8x10. As he documented the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Misrach carried a small point and shoot pocket camera, acting as a sort of visual notebook, to record the surrounding visual information for his 8x10 exposures. As he photographed, Misrach used the pocket camera to record streets and signs for later use, in the process photographing homes with phrases or markings that were indicative of the relationship victims had with Hurricane Katrina. 

In this video, posted by dvafoto, Misrach talks about his exhibit "Destroy this Memory," which was produced with the point and shoot photographs. Regular readers know how much of a proponent this author is to using point and shoot cameras not only for assignments and commissions, but as Susan Sontag would say, for "souvenirs of daily life." It is these souvenirs, this visual notebook, that Misrach produced into a tragic set of photographs. The idea that a humble pocket camera objectified the subjective view of the photographer into a stunning art exhibit is, at the very least, incredibly pleasing.