 FSA-OWI: Ben Shahn
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This app shows over 1500 photographs taken by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) from 1935 to 1941.
You can view photos in an grid (with complete Library of Congress captions), one-by-one, and as a slideshow. You can also order prints.
Shahn was more than just a remarkably talented Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer—he helped shape the FSA's whole approach. As the Library of Congress's essay on Shahn recounts:
"Once, Shahn recalled in 1964, he had explained to [FSA head] Stryker that a certain photograph of soil erosion would not have a strong impact on viewers. 'Look Roy,' Shahn said, 'you're not going to move anybody with this eroded soil--but the effect this eroded soil has on a kid who looks starved, this is going to move people.'"
Shahn was born in Lithuania in 1898 and emigrated to New York at the age of 6.
You can view photos in an grid (with complete Library of Congress captions), one-by-one, and as a slideshow. You can also order prints.
Shahn was more than just a remarkably talented Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer—he helped shape the FSA's whole approach. As the Library of Congress's essay on Shahn recounts:
"Once, Shahn recalled in 1964, he had explained to [FSA head] Stryker that a certain photograph of soil erosion would not have a strong impact on viewers. 'Look Roy,' Shahn said, 'you're not going to move anybody with this eroded soil--but the effect this eroded soil has on a kid who looks starved, this is going to move people.'"
Shahn was born in Lithuania in 1898 and emigrated to New York at the age of 6.
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