Ben Shahn, before his modernist fame, was a photographer for the FSA. Recruited by Walker Evans to join the Resettlement Administration (RA), later named the Farms Security Administration (FSA), Shahn documented the American south with his photography colleagues Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange. During Autumn of 1935, Shahn was active in the French Quarter, capturing city life through his intimate portraiture.
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Ben Shahn, before his modernist fame, was a photographer for the FSA. Recruited by Walker Evans to join the Resettlement Administration (RA), later named the Farms Security Administration (FSA), Shahn documented the American south with his photography colleagues Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange. During Autumn of 1935, Shahn was active in the French Quarter, capturing city life through his intimate portraiture.
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Ben Shahn
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French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
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October 1935
Keeper of a mission flophouse
Scene in New Orleans, Louisiana
Street scene in New Orleans, Louisiana
Scene in New Orleans, Louisiana. A street tailor
Applicants waiting for jobs in front of FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Association) offices
Applicants waiting for jobs in front of FERA offices
An old sailor snapped in Jackson Square
Scene in Jackson Square
Scene in Jackson Square
Scene in Jackson Square