Marion Post Wolcott

E182021

Marion Post Wolcott was an American documentary photographer best known for her poignant images of rural poverty and everyday life in the United States during the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf documentary photographer
human
photographer
activeYearsEnd 1940s
activeYearsStart 1930
archivesAt Library of Congress
awardReceived Pioneer of Photography Award from the Photographic Historical Society of New York
birthDate 1910-06-07
birthPlace Montclair, New Jersey
surface form: Montclair, New Jersey, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1990-11-24
describedBySource Farm Security Administration photographs
surface form: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection
educatedAt New School for Social Research
Teachers College, Columbia University
employer Farm Security Administration
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Resettlement Administration
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Post
fieldOfWork social documentary photography
gender female
genre black-and-white photography
photojournalism
givenName Marion
hasPhotographicCollectionAt Prints and Photographs Division
surface form: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
knownFor documenting everyday life in the United States during the Great Depression
poignant images of rural poverty
languageSpoken English
movement documentary photography
name Marion Post Wolcott self-link
notableWork Farm Security Administration photographs
surface form: Farm Security Administration photographs of the American South

photographs of African American life in the rural South
photographs of migrant workers
photographs of rural poverty in the United States during the Great Depression
photographs of small-town life in the United States
occupation photographer
teacher
spouse Lee Wolcott
studiedUnder Berenice Abbott
Ralph Steiner
workLocation Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
New England
North Carolina
Pennsylvania

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Roy Stryker notableStudentOrColleague Marion Post Wolcott
Marion Post Wolcott name Marion Post Wolcott self-link
Farm Security Administration employs Marion Post Wolcott