Roy Stryker

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economist government official human photography project director

Roy Stryker was an American economist and government official best known for directing the Farm Security Administration’s landmark documentary photography project during the Great Depression.

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Roy Stryker canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economist ⓘ
government official ⓘ
human ⓘ
photography project director ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
employer Resettlement Administration ⓘ
surface form: Farm Security Administration

Resettlement Administration ⓘ
Standard Oil ⓘ
surface form: Standard Oil Company
familyName Stryker Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Stryker
fieldOfWork documentary photography ⓘ
economics ⓘ
genre documentary photography (as administrator) ⓘ
givenName Roy ⓘ
hasRole archival organizer of photographic collections ⓘ
project director ⓘ
influenced development of American documentary photography ⓘ
knownFor directing the Farm Security Administration’s landmark documentary photography project ⓘ
organizing large-scale documentary photography programs ⓘ
movement New Deal ⓘ
name Roy Emerson Stryker ⓘ
notableStudentOrColleague Arthur Rothstein ⓘ
Ben Shahn ⓘ
Carl Mydans ⓘ
Dorothea Lange ⓘ
Gordon Parks ⓘ
Jack Delano ⓘ
John Vachon ⓘ
Marion Post Wolcott ⓘ
Russell Lee ⓘ
Walker Evans ⓘ
notableWork Farm Security Administration photographers ⓘ
surface form: Farm Security Administration documentary photography project

Resettlement Administration ⓘ
surface form: Resettlement Administration photography project

Standard Oil documentary photography project ⓘ
occupation economist ⓘ
government official ⓘ
photography administrator ⓘ
participatedIn New Deal ⓘ
surface form: New Deal arts programs
partOf Resettlement Administration ⓘ
surface form: Farm Security Administration

Resettlement Administration ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Farm Security Administration documentary photography project ⓘ
head of the Historical Section of the Farm Security Administration ⓘ
taughtAt Columbia University ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Farm Security Administration photographers → coordinatedBy → Roy Stryker ⓘ
Standard Oil documentary photography project → ledBy → Roy Stryker ⓘ
Standard Oil documentary photography project → hasProjectDirector → Roy Stryker ⓘ
Standard Oil documentary photography project → hasNotableFigure → Roy Stryker ⓘ
Farm Security Administration photographs → organizedBy → Roy Stryker ⓘ
Farm Security Administration photographs → curatedBy → Roy Stryker ⓘ
Farm Security Administration → employs → Roy Stryker ⓘ