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Images of Depression-era Louisiana : the FSA photographs of Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Marion Post Wolcott

Title
Images of Depression-era Louisiana : the FSA photographs of Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Marion Post Wolcott / [edited by] Bryan Giemza and Maria Hebert-Leiter.
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]

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Additional Authors
  • Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
  • Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
  • Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990
  • Giemza, Bryan Albin
  • Hebert-Leiter, Maria
  • United States. Farm Security Administration.
Description
ix, 148 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Summary
In the 1930s, the U.S. government famously sent photographers across the country to document on film the need for federal assistance in rural areas. Dorothea Lange?s well-known image Migrant Mother came from this effort, along with thousands of other photographs. Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Marion Post Wolcott contributed to this compelling body of images. As primary photographers for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the state of Louisiana, the three took more than 2,600 photographs, recording the modest homes, family gatherings, and working lives of citizens across the state. In Images of Depression-Era Louisiana, Bryan Giemza and Maria Hebert-Leiter curate more than 150 of those photographs, offering a riveting collection that captures this pivotal time in Louisiana?s history.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Local history.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The making of visual history -- The photographers' itineraries in Louisiana and state map -- Appendix: Case file transcriptions -- Index of names and places -- Gallery of images.
Call Number
JFF 17-2207
ISBN
  • 9780807167953
  • 0807167959
LCCN
2017005936
OCLC
974698563
Title
Images of Depression-era Louisiana : the FSA photographs of Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Marion Post Wolcott / [edited by] Bryan Giemza and Maria Hebert-Leiter.
Publisher
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969, photographer.
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
Giemza, Bryan Albin, editor.
Hebert-Leiter, Maria, editor.
United States. Farm Security Administration.
Research Call Number
JFF 17-2207
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