Title: Images of Depression-Era Louisiana
Description: 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.
Subjects: United states, farm security administration, Depressions, 1929, New deal, 1933-1939, Louisiana, description and travel, Documentary photography, Louisiana, social conditions, Louisiana, social life and customs, Louisiana, history, Photograph collections, Pictorial works, History, Depressions, Rural conditions, Social life and customs, Local History, Manners and customs, United States. Farm Security Administration, United States, New Deal (1933-1939) fast (OCoLC)fst01036721