Sunday, March 22, 2009

FSA OWI Photography Circa 1939-1945




Screw those working boots, red suspenders and crew cuts, this are real working class people circa 1939-1945 while it was all about "progress". These people built our present with pride and luckily these pictures were taken in color so we could actually feel some of those emotions. Pretty amazing in a time where B&W was the common variable in photography. These pictures are amazing.

Please visit this page so you can see them in their full quality.

Taken directly from the page:

"Even today, many documentary photographers will tell you they are influenced by the works of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and 40s. Under the direction of Roy Emerson Stryker, the FSA sent photographers to document the plight of the rural farmer during the Great Depression and the progress of New Deal programs. When the U.S. entered World War II, the photography program continued under the Office of War Information (OWI).

The best-known FSA photographs are in black and white. Less commonly seen are the color photos by FSA and OWI photographers, shot between 1939 and 1945. Below we present a selection from the works Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection."




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