{"product_id":"these-vivid-american-documents-walker-evans-dorothea-lange-and-fsa-photobooks-9781621908753","title":"These Vivid American Documents: Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and FSA Photobooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e The story behind the most iconic American photobooks of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) funded a now-famous photography project to document and highlight American rural life and its economic challenges. In time, the project launched a genre of works that incorporated photographic evidence and artistic documentation of rural poverty, highlighting the struggles and resilience of the American people during this period. Nearly a century later, these photographs have become largely synonymous with the Great Depression. \u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThese Vivid American Documents\u003c\/i\u003e, Joseph R. Millichap presents an illuminating examination of four photobooks born of this FSA project: Archibald MacLeish and Dorothea Lange's \u003ci\u003eLand of the Free\u003c\/i\u003e; Walker Evans and Lincoln Kirstein's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Photographs\u003c\/i\u003e; Dorothea Lange and Paul Taylor's \u003ci\u003eAn American Exodus\u003c\/i\u003e; and James Agee and Walker Evans's \u003ci\u003eLet Us Now Praise Famous Men\u003c\/i\u003e. Millichap includes in his analysis a curated selection of thirty-two photographs from these four photobooks, showcasing the realities of the social, individual, political, artistic, and economic aspects of that time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through Millichap's thorough and insightful study, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the significant cultural and historical impact of this photographic project. Examining what are now historical American icons, like Walker Evans's portrait of Allie Mae Burroughs and Dorothea Lange's \u003ci\u003eMigrant Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, Millichap leans into the intersections, tensions, and meanings that this particular era and medium encapsulate. His close comparison of the documentary and artistic purposes of the photobooks both analyzes how they balance text and imagery and offers a thoughtful study of the photographers and writers who produced them. \u003ci\u003eThese Vivid American Documents\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating volume for scholars and general readers alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph R. Millichap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621908753","brand":"University of Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43398041174153,"sku":"9781621908753","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_05c2c8c7-6651-4700-841c-c83df94b59aa.jpg?v=1740474007","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/these-vivid-american-documents-walker-evans-dorothea-lange-and-fsa-photobooks-9781621908753","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}