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.

Title (Dublin Core): 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.
Description (Dublin Core): Ben Shahn
Coverage (Dublin Core): French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
Date (Dublin Core): October 1935
uri (Bibliographic Ontology): LC LOT 1680

Media: 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