The restless decade
Subtitle: John Gutmann's photographs of the thirties
By: essay by Max Kozloff ; edited by Lew Thomas.
Contributors: Kozloff, Max.; Thomas, Lew.
Publisher: H.N. Abrams
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Photography, Artistic; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Pictorial works; United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Pictorial works; United States -- Pictorial works
Description: "The Great Depression, that restless decade of the 1930s, is known to most Americans today through familiar images of the rural South, of migrant workers, sharecroppers, and dust-bowl small holdings. Now, a new view of the period has come to light in the photographs of John Gutmann, who focused mainly on cities and captured there a vitality and energy--what he calls the 'extravagance of life'--that persisted even in the depth of the Depression."--Jacket.