Out of the forties

Description:

The author retraces the lives of the people shown in the early 1940's photographic project commissioned by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, under the direction of Roy Stryker. Many of the photographers of this survey worked with Stryker when he was the director of the FSA. They include: Russell Lee, John Vachon, Sol Libsohn, Esther Bubley, Todd Webb [and others].

subjects: Description and travel,  Nineteen forties,  Pictorial works,  Ranch life,  Social life and customs,  United States,  United states, social life and customs,  United states, pictorial works,  Texas, social life and customs,  Documentary photography,  Twentieth century

Places: Texas,  United States

Times: 1918-1945,  1945-1970