Images of Depression-Era Louisiana: The FSA Photographs of Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Marion Post Wolcott
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807167959 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the 1930s, the U.S. Scenes of agricultural and rural communities— families in clapboard houses, sugarcane cutters in the field, and trappers navigating bayous—as well as cityscapes of New Orleans’s bustling markets, busy docks, and peaceful Jackson Square demonstrate the scope of the photographers’ work and the diversity of conditions and occupations they found.Giemza and Hebert-Leiter trace the genesis of the FSA Collection and its role in promoting the documentary style of picture-taking, and explore the motivation
She is the author of Becoming Cajun, Becoming American: The Acadian in American Literature from Longfellow to James Lee Burke.. Bryan Giemza is director of the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Libraries. He is the author of Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South.Originally from
He is the author of Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South.Originally from Thibodaux, Louisiana, Maria Hebert-Leiter teaches at Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA. About the AuthorBryan Giemza is director of the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Libraries. She is the author of Becoming Cajun, Becoming American: The Acadian in American Literature from Longfellow to James Lee Burke.