John Vachon

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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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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
St. Thomas College
employer 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 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-Office of War Information Collection
placeOfBirth St. Paul, Minnesota
placeOfDeath New York City
spouse Penny Vachon
workedOn Farm Security Administration photography project

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