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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economist → government official → human → photography project director →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Columbia University →
employer	Farm Security Administration → Resettlement Administration → Standard Oil Company →
familyName	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 NERFINISHED → Russell Lee → Walker Evans →
notableWork	Farm Security Administration documentary photography project → Resettlement Administration photography project → Standard Oil documentary photography project →
occupation	economist → government official → photography administrator →
participatedIn	New Deal arts programs →
partOf	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. →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Farm Security Administration photographers →	coordinatedBy