FSA 1930's

1930's Photography, 
Walker Evens, Russell Lee.




http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_14.html

"Like many governmental agencies, the FSA set up a publicity department to help explain to the public and Congress what its programs were trying to accomplish and the problems it was trying to solve. But because of the desperation of the Depression and the missionary zeal of the New Dealers, the FSA went far beyond almost any other agency before or since in documenting this era."

FSA photographers were commissioned to capture the land and poverty of the families left behind in these areas after the dust bowl. Popular photographers of this time were Walker Evans and Russell Lee.

The images create a feeling of pity and sorrow for the families. The images are taken in a way which provokes the viewer to feel a connection with the families and feel sorry towards them.