Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working.
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Inspiration comes from many places and in many forms. A clear, cloudless day (or a steel grey rainy day) can cast light on those tiny idea particles floating around at the back of my brain. Finding a shoebox full of creased and faded photos also provides a creative buzz that spurs me on to take snapshots of my own or compose a few lines of verse.
The images on this website capture people engaged in all manner of labor and industry. Some are of mundane objects, technological marvels of the day, or nature’s magnificence. Others depict poverty and the crippling toil of subsistence. All of these photographs, however, contain a stark truth and unfiltered beauty that makes them a sensory goldmine.
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