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| − | the '''Farm Security Administration''' was a small [[New Deal]] agency for poor farmers, 1935-43. It is most famous for sponsoring first class photography, and for funding and promoting rural cooperatives. <Many of the photographs are online at [http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html the Library of Congress]]. They are not copyright and can be freely reproduced. | + | the '''Farm Security Administration''' or '''FSA''' was a small [[New Deal]] agency for poor farmers, 1935-43. It is most famous for sponsoring first class photography, and for funding and promoting rural cooperatives. <Many of the photographs are online at [http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html the Library of Congress]]. They are not copyright and can be freely reproduced. Among the famous photographers were Stu Cohen, Peter Bacon Hales, and Ben Shahn; Walker Evans; Dorothea Lange; Sheldon Dick; Marion Post Wolcott; and Russell Lee. |
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| + | ==Further reading== | ||
| + | * Baldwin, Sidney. ''Poverty and politics: the rise and decline of the Farm Security Administration'' (1968) 438 pages' revealing memoir by agency's last head | ||
| + | * Cohen, Stu, et al. ''The Likes of Us: Photography and the Farm Security Administration'' (2008). [http://www.amazon.com/Likes-Us-Photography-Security-Administration/dp/1567923402/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256481762&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] | ||
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[[Category:New Deal]] | [[Category:New Deal]] | ||
[[Category:Photography]] | [[Category:Photography]] | ||
Revision as of 14:46, October 25, 2009
the Farm Security Administration or FSA was a small New Deal agency for poor farmers, 1935-43. It is most famous for sponsoring first class photography, and for funding and promoting rural cooperatives. <Many of the photographs are online at the Library of Congress]. They are not copyright and can be freely reproduced. Among the famous photographers were Stu Cohen, Peter Bacon Hales, and Ben Shahn; Walker Evans; Dorothea Lange; Sheldon Dick; Marion Post Wolcott; and Russell Lee.
Further reading
- Baldwin, Sidney. Poverty and politics: the rise and decline of the Farm Security Administration (1968) 438 pages' revealing memoir by agency's last head
- Cohen, Stu, et al. The Likes of Us: Photography and the Farm Security Administration (2008). excerpt and text search
