Jack Délano: The Man Who Coloured the Forties
Jack Délano was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration during the New Deal period and his pictures of American working people in the 1940s made him world famous.
This excellent post at Kuriositas tells his story.
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| Image Credit Flickr Library of Congress Above: Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Mass in January 1941 |
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| Image Credit Flickr Library of Congress Above: Farm workers chop cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Georgia in June 1941. |
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| Image Credit Flickr Library of Congress Above: Taken in September 1941, this is the backstage area of the girlie show at the Vermont State Fair. |
This excellent post at Kuriositas tells his story.
I’ve seen those pictures many times and I’m always fascinated by them because they look different than most of that era. Now I know why, thank you.
ReplyDeleteHe was an interesting man and his character is reflected in the images.
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