Review: "It's true dear."
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2013
Ellie Mae Burroughs is the uneducated,  poor wife a tenant farmer, yet her observation of the work of two brilliant students is the most astute of them all.  She thought the picture ugly.  This book tells the story behind the picture, the technical details, and the set up behind the portraiture.  This picture of the Depression had been underwritten by Roosevelt in an effort to make the poverty of the South understood to Democratic voters.  Much has been written about the use of people as subjects, but as Ellie said, "It's true dear."