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Can I read The likes of us : America in the eyes of the Farm Security Administration : photographs by Ben Shahn, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Sheldon Dick, Marion Post Wolcott, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans on EtoBox?
The likes of us : America in the eyes of the Farm Security Administration : photographs by Ben Shahn, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Sheldon Dick, Marion Post Wolcott, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans by Stu Cohen is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is The likes of us : America in the eyes of the Farm Security Administration : photographs by Ben Shahn, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Sheldon Dick, Marion Post Wolcott, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans about?
Housed At The Library Of Congress, The Archives Of The Farm Security Administration Constitute An Essential Visual Record Of American Life From The Late 1920s Through The Onset Of The Second World War. Guided By The Adroit Hands And Watchful Eyes Of The Master Photo Editor Roy Stryker, The Fsa Archive Includes The Work Of Dozens Of Photographers, From Acknowledged Giants Like Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, And Dorothea Lange To Marion Post Wolcott And Russell Lee, Whose Names And Work May Be Less Familiar. This Book Collects Work From Nine Of These Trips - Evans In Louisana And Alabama, Shahn In West Virginia, Lange In California, And Others - Uniting Them With Stryker's Shooting Scripts, Letters, And Other Relevant Archival Documents. What Emerges, Beyond The Images Themselves, Is A Complex And Vital Overview Of The Fsa At Work, Not Just The Work, But How The Work Evolved And Matured Under Stryker's Guidance. Appropriately, The Book Concludes With Photographs Of New Orleans, The Only City Photographed In Depth By The Fsa Artists.--jacket. Foreword / Peter Bacon Hales -- Photography And The Farm Security Administration / Stu Cohen, 1975-1995 ; Revised And Annotated By Peter Bacon Hales,
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- Author
- Stu Cohen
- Publisher
- David R. Godine, Publisher
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781567923407
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Photography, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (20 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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