Jack Delano

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Jack Delano was a prominent American photographer and filmmaker best known for his vivid documentary images of rural life and workers during the New Deal era and World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf documentary photographer
filmmaker
human
photographer
affiliatedWith Farm Security Administration photography project
Office of War Information photography project
birthName Jacob Ovcharov
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfCitizenship Puerto Rico
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-08-01
dateOfDeath 1997-08-12
educatedAt Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
employer Farm Security Administration
Office of War Information
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork documentary photography
film direction
music composition
genre documentary photography
social documentary
hasFamilyName Delano
hasGivenName Jack
languageOfWorkOrName English
Spanish
movedTo Puerto Rico
United States of America
movement New Deal photography
name Jack Delano
notableFor World War II era documentary photography
documentary images of rural life in the United States
photographs of workers during the New Deal era
notableWork photographic documentation of Puerto Rico for the Office of the Governor
occupation composer
filmmaker
illustrator
music arranger
photographer
photographed Puerto Rican rural life
coal miners in Pennsylvania
railroad workers in the United States
rural communities in the United States
placeOfBirth Kiev
placeOfDeath San Juan, Puerto Rico
residence Puerto Rico
spouse Irene Delano
workedIn Puerto Rico
United States of America

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