Home | Best Seller | FAQ | Contact Us
Browse
Art & Photography
Biographies & Autobiography
Body,Mind & Health
Business & Economics
Children's Book
Computers & Internet
Cooking
Crafts,Hobbies & Gardening
Entertainment
Family & Parenting
History
Horror
Literature & Fiction
Mystery & Detective
Nonfiction
Professional & Technology
Reference
Religion
Romance
Science
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sports & Outdoors
Travel & Geography
   Book Info

enlarge picture

Chicago and Downstate: Illinois as Seen by the Farm Security Administration Photographers, 1936-1943  
Author: Robert L. Reid (Editor)
ISBN: 0252060784
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review


From Book News, Inc.
Subtitled: Illinois as seen by the Farm Security Administration photographers, 1936-1943. 162 photos reflect the wide diversity of what has been called the nation's most representative state. Includes the work of Dorthea Lange, Esther Bubley, Edwin Rosskam and others. Cloth edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.




Chicago and Downstate: Illinois as Seen by the Farm Security Administration Photographers, 1936-1943

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The photographs in this collection, drawn from the most extensive photodocumentary project ever conceived, reflect the wide diversity of what has been called the nations most representative state. The renowned photographers of Roy Strykers Farm Security Admin. staff traveled to throughout the state, focusing on the people of Illinois at home, at work, & at play. The editors selected 162 photos for this collection from the more than 2,400 taken in Illinois, by such photographers as John Vachon, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein, Jack Delano, Dorothea Lange, Esther Bubley, Theodor Jung, Carl Mydans, Ann Rosenor, & Edwin Rosskam.

FROM THE CRITICS

Booknews

Subtitled: Illinois as seen by the Farm Security Administration photographers, 1936-1943. 162 photos reflect the wide diversity of what has been called the nation's most representative state. Includes the work of Dorthea Lange, Esther Bubley, Edwin Rosskam and others. Cloth edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

     



Home | Private Policy | Contact Us
@copyright 2001-2005 ReadingBee.com