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A Humanistic Consideration Of The Farm Security Administration Photographs Made In Virginia, Brooks Johnson
A Humanistic Consideration Of The Farm Security Administration Photographs Made In Virginia, Brooks Johnson
Institute for the Humanities Theses
During the years 1935 to 1943 photographers employed by the Farm Security Administration documented America struggling through the Great Depression and its subsequent entry into World war II. Originally conceived as a way to provide information about problems in the rural areas of the country and to help sell the New Deal. The director, Roy Stryker, transformed the project into more than just a bureaucratic exercise in propaganda. Instead, Stryker consciously attempted to create a photographic portrait of the American culture.
The majority of the 159 photographs on which this thesis is based have not been seen outside of the …