Allie Mae Burroughs portraits
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The Allie Mae Burroughs portraits are a series of iconic Great Depression-era photographs by Walker Evans that powerfully depict rural poverty in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Allie Mae Burroughs portraits canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photography
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photographic series ⓘ |
| associatedWith | James Agee and Walker Evans book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraUsed | large-format view camera (Walker Evans) ⓘ |
| collection | Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Farm Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Walker Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1936 ⓘ |
| depicts | Allie Mae Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSocialIssue |
rural economic hardship
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sharecropping ⓘ tenant farming ⓘ |
| documentedIn | FSA photographic archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Museum of Modern Art, New York
NERFINISHED
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various major art museums and galleries ⓘ |
| genre |
portrait photography
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social documentary photography ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | key visual symbol of the Great Depression in the rural South ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Allie Mae Burroughs, full-face view
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Allie Mae Burroughs, profile view ⓘ Allie Mae Burroughs, three-quarter view ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicProcess | gelatin silver print ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
austere
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formally composed ⓘ unsentimental ⓘ |
| imageSubject |
weathered wooden boards behind sitter
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wooden farmhouse background ⓘ |
| inception | 1936 ⓘ |
| influenced | later visual representations of American poverty ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (silent photographic work) ⓘ |
| locationOfDepiction | Hale County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | rural poverty in the American South ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| movement |
American documentary photography
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New Deal photography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic representation of Great Depression-era rural poverty
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influence on later documentary photographers ⓘ stark, frontal composition ⓘ |
| partOf | Farm Security Administration photography project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfCreation | Hale County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysEmotion |
endurance
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resignation ⓘ stoicism ⓘ |
| publisher | Farm Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightsHolder | Library of Congress (reproduction rights largely in public domain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | tenant farmer’s wife ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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