New Deal photography programs

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New Deal program documentary photography project government photography program

New Deal photography programs were U.S. government-sponsored initiatives in the 1930s and early 1940s that hired photographers to document the social and economic conditions of the Great Depression, producing an influential visual record of American life.

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New Deal photography	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal program ⓘ documentary photography project ⓘ government photography program ⓘ
archivesAt	Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Roy Stryker NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	African American communities ⓘ Dust Bowl migrants ⓘ Great Depression in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ New Deal public works projects ⓘ industrial workers ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ sharecroppers in the American South ⓘ
endTime	1943 ⓘ
field	photography ⓘ photojournalism ⓘ visual sociology ⓘ
genre	documentary photography ⓘ
hasPart	Farm Security Administration photography program NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of War Information photography program NERFINISHED ⓘ Resettlement Administration photography program ⓘ Tennessee Valley Authority photography projects ⓘ Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project photography activities NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	American documentary photography ⓘ photojournalism in the United States ⓘ public perception of the Great Depression ⓘ
location	rural United States ⓘ urban United States ⓘ
mainPurpose	create a visual record of American life ⓘ document economic conditions during the Great Depression ⓘ document social conditions during the Great Depression ⓘ support New Deal relief and reform policies through images ⓘ
notableParticipant	Arthur Rothstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Ben Shahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Carl Mydans NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothea Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Delano NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion Post Wolcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Walker Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	FSA–OWI photographic collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfPhotographs	over 170000 ⓘ
organizedBy	Farm Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of War Information NERFINISHED ⓘ Resettlement Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee Valley Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ Works Progress Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	New Deal NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor	United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1935 ⓘ
timePeriod	1930s ⓘ early 1940s ⓘ

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