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Additional authors

1. Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
2. Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
3. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990
4. Giemza, Bryan Albin
5. Hebert-Leiter, Maria
6. United States. Farm Security Administration

Description

1. ix, 148 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Louisiana
2. Depressions
3. Manners and customs
4. Rural conditions
5. Pictorial works
6. New Deal, 1933-1939 > Louisiana > Pictorial works
7. Photograph collections
8. 1900-1999
9. Louisiana > History, Local > Pictorial works
10. Louisiana > History > 20th century > Pictorial works
11. Local history
12. United States > Farm Security Administration > Photograph collections
13. History
14. Louisiana > Social life and customs > 20th century > Pictorial works
15. New Deal (1933-1939)
16. Depressions > 1929 > Louisiana > Pictorial works
17. Louisiana > Rural conditions > Pictorial works
18. Documentary photography > Louisiana

Genre/Form

1. History.
2. Local history.
3. Pictorial works.

Contents

1. 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

1. JFF 17-2207

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.

Title

1. 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

1. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

Added author

1. Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969, photographer.
2. Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.
3. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
4. Giemza, Bryan Albin, editor.
5. Hebert-Leiter, Maria, editor.
6. United States. Farm Security Administration.

LCCN

1. 2017005936

ISBN

1. 9780807167953 hardcover ; alkaline paper
2. 0807167959 hardcover ; alkaline paper

Research call number

1. JFF 17-2207