New Deal photography : USA 1935-1943 / [edited by] Peter Walther ; English translation, Isabel Varea-Riley ; German translation, Ursula Wulfekamp ; French translation, Philippe Mothe.
Publisher:
Taschen,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
605 pages : illustrations, some of which are in color ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 598-599) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The Northeast -- The Midwest -- The West -- The South -- Appendix: the photographers.
Summary:
This book records the full reach of the Farm Security Administration program from 1935 to 1943, honoring its vigor and commitment across subjects, states, and stylistic preferences. The photographs are arranged into four broad regional sections but otherwise allowed to speak for themselves--to provide individual impressions as much as they cumulatively build an indelible survey of a nation. Through color and black-and-white images, we meet convicts, cotton workers, kids on the street, and relocated workers on the road. We see subjects victim to the elements of nature and the timeless rituals of human life, as much as to the vagaries of the global economic market. We meet Dorothea Lange's iconic Migrant Mother, weather-beaten and worn, with two children leaning on her shoulders.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.