John Vachon

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documentary photographer human photographer

John Vachon was an American photographer best known for his poignant documentary images of rural and small-town life during the Great Depression and World War II.

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Label	Occurrences
John Vachon canonical	7

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	documentary photographer ⓘ human ⓘ photographer ⓘ
activeDuring	Great Depression ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1914-05-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1975-04-20 ⓘ
describedAs	American photographer best known for poignant documentary images of rural and small-town life during the Great Depression and World War II ⓘ
educatedAt	Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law ⓘ surface form: Catholic University of America St. Thomas College ⓘ
employer	Resettlement Administration ⓘ surface form: Farm Security Administration Life magazine ⓘ Look magazine ⓘ Office of War Information ⓘ
familyName	Vachon ⓘ
fieldOfWork	rural life documentation ⓘ social conditions in the United States ⓘ
genre	black-and-white photography ⓘ documentary photography ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasCollectionIn	Library of Congress ⓘ Museum of Modern Art ⓘ National Gallery of Art ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
hasInfluenced	later American documentary photographers ⓘ
hasPhotographed	Midwestern United States ⓘ industrial landscapes in the United States ⓘ rural South in the United States ⓘ small towns in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	documentary photography ⓘ social realism ⓘ
notableFor	poignant images of rural and small-town life ⓘ
notableWork	United States home front during World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II home-front photography documentary photographs of rural America during the Great Depression ⓘ photographs of Native American reservations ⓘ photographs of small-town life in the United States ⓘ
occupation	photographer ⓘ photojournalist ⓘ
partOf	Farm Security Administration photographers ⓘ surface form: Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection
placeOfBirth	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Paul, Minnesota
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ
spouse	Penny Vachon ⓘ
workedOn	Farm Security Administration photography project ⓘ

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Farm Security Administration photographers → hasPart → John Vachon ⓘ

Roy Stryker → notableStudentOrColleague → John Vachon ⓘ

St. Thomas College → hasAlumnus → John Vachon ⓘ

Penny Vachon → spouse → John Vachon ⓘ

Standard Oil documentary photography project → employedPhotographer → John Vachon ⓘ

Farm Security Administration photographs → hasPhotographer → John Vachon ⓘ

Farm Security Administration → employs → John Vachon ⓘ