Photos From The Depression: Part I
Alabama sharecroppers in 1935 or 1936. Photographer: Walker Evans
Migrant man shaving by the roadside in 1939. Photographer: Dorothea Lange
“Nothing to do. These fellers,” said one of them, “are goin’ to stay right here till they dry up and die too.” 1936. Photographer: Dorothea Lange
The children of a migrant fruit worker in 1937. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein
Prospective clients whose property has been optioned by the government, Brown County, Indiana. 1935. Photographer: Theodor Jung
Miserable poverty. 1936. Photographer: Dorothea Lange
All photographs from the Library of Congress.
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Never heard of Dorothea Lange before, but I like her photos. I wonder what life was like, being a photographer for the US Gov’t, travelling around the country taking photos of ‘miserable poverty’.