Images of Depression-Era Louisiana: The FSA Photographs of Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Marion Post Wolcott
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807167959 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. 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 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.
Stryker. government famously sent photographers across the country to document on film the need for federal assistance in rural areas. They sketch the biographies, techniques, and perspectives of Shahn, Lee, and Wolcott, explaining how the photographers operated in Louisiana from their first experiences to their last days in 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.The book’s